Twelve militants and three Frontier Constabulary (FC) men were killed in a clash near Loti Gas Field in Toba Nokhani, Dera Bugti, on Saturday, Aaj TV reported.FC IG Maj Gen Saleem Nawaz told the channel that the militants fired long-range weapons on the FC troops deployed in Toba Nokhani. The troops returned fire killing 12 militants. He said that three FC men were also injured in the clash who later succumbed to their injures.
Security officials: Meanwhile, one security official was killed and another injured when their vehicle was blown up in Dera Bugti on Saturday. In a separate incident, a police constable was murdered in Quetta. In the first incident, a remote-controlled explosion in Pirkoh resulted in the death of a security official identified as Raheemullah. Another security official, Fayyaz Ahmed, sustained serious injuries and was hospitalised.
Law enforcement agencies have registered a case and launched a search for the attack's perpetrators. In a separate incident, police constable Khalid Mehmood was gunned down by unidentified motorcyclists on Quetta's Masjid Road. A spokesman for the Balochistan Republican Army (BRA) claimed responsibility for the attack. The group has also claimed responsibility for the killing of four security officials in an attack on a security officials' camp in Kohlu Kahan. Meanwhile, an electricity tower was blown up in Zahri town on Saturday. The explosion suspended electricity supply to the town and its peripheries. Police have started an investigation.