Security forces foil terror attack in Pakistan, one FC official dies
A Frontier Corps (FC) official died on Wednesday and 13 others were injured when security forces foiled a suicide attack in Zoab region, media reports said.
Speaking to Dawn.com, Zhob Assistant Commissioner Naveed Alam said that an attack was carried out on the Joint Response Centre in Zhob’s Sabakzai area at 3:40am today.
The centre, he said, was “attacked by terrorists from three sides, while a suicide bomber was killed by security forces as he attempted to enter the building.”
45 FC officials, 10 Levies personnel, and five soldiers were present in the building at the time of the attack.
“During a retaliatory fire, Havaldar Sher was martyred,” he said, adding that among the 13 injured, two were civilians.
IBNS
Senior Staff Reporter at Northeast Herald, covering news from Tripura and Northeast India.
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