A spokesman of tribesmen fighting security forces on Tuesday claimed that 45 security personnel, including five on Tuesday, had been killed in clashes in the last 48 hours as the security forces targeted Nawab Akbar Bugti's hideouts in Dhaman and Bambur areas of Dera Bugti district. Speaking to reporters via satellite phone from an undisclosed location, Wadera Alam Khan, claiming to be the insurgents' spokesman, said that 23 helicopters had started bombing Dhaman and Bambur since 8:30am on Monday. "Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti was directly attacked. Luckily he survived all attacks and is safe," said Khan, rejecting rumours that Akbar Bugti's grandson Brahamdag Bugti was killed in the attacks. Khan claimed that the insurgents had killed 45 security personnel including five or six pilots. "We shot down one helicopter in Dhaman. We also fired on three other helicopters but the pilots managed to land safely in Sui," he said, adding that the insurgents killed three soldiers in Pir Koh and another two in the Sui gas field area. Khan said the security forces had failed to inflict any casualties on the insurgents side.