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19 militants, 2 FC men killed in Dera gunbattle
Nineteen militants and two Frontier Corps (FC) personnel were killed in a gunbattle between security forces and militants in Dera Bugti on Saturday, Aaj TV reported.The channel quoted official sources as saying FC personnel were on a patrol in the Gandoi area of Dera Bugti district in Balochistan early on Saturday morning when the militants opened fire on them. A security official said the fighting continued all day long. Four FC personnel were injured. BLA: The channel said Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) spokesman Sarbaz Baloch told reporters in Quetta that militants had killed 17 security personnel in the fighting. The clash happened 25 days after a unilateral ceasefire was announced by three militant outfits -- the BLA, the Baloch Republican Army and the Baloch Liberation Front -- on September 1. The channel reported that the clashes were still continuing and both sides were using heavy weaponry including machine guns and rocket launchers against each other. Posted by: Fred 2008-09-28 |
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