Five security men martyred in Turbat gun attack

Author: Agencies

QUETTA: At least five security personnel lost their lives and six others were injured when a vehicle carrying them turned over after being ambushed in Balochistan’s Kech district on Monday.

A district administration official told a private news channel that suspected terrorists opened fire on a convoy of security forces in Shapok area of Kech.

One of the vehicles in the convoy turned turtle after the attack, resulting in the death of five personnel. It wasn’t immediately clear which security force the personnel belonged to.

The injured personnel were rushed to a nearby hospital for medical treatment. More security personnel were called to the area to apprehend the culprits involved in the ambush.

Published in Daily Times, January 16th 2018.

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