Three policemen and a paramilitary trooper were killed, in simultaneous attacks on two check posts in Pakistan’s south-west Balochistan province yesterday, the chief minister of Balochistan confirmed.

In a statement, Chief Minister, Mir Abdul Quddus Bizenjo, condemned the incidents, in which terrorists hurled hand grenades and sprayed bullets at the check posts in Zhob area of the province.

He also commended efforts of the security personnel, who successfully thwarted the attacks and maintained the situation in the province.

Zhob police told media that, the attacks happened yesterday morning, when a group of militants attacked the check posts with sophisticated weapons. They fled after a retaliatory attack.

Several personnel of the paramilitary troops’ frontier corps were also injured in the attacks, and had been shifted to a nearby hospital, the police added.

A terrorist was killed in an exchange of fire. No group has claimed responsibility for the attacks.

An extra contingent of police and paramilitary troops reached the sites, and an investigation into the incidents has been launched

Source: Nam News Network