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Four killed in Balochistan shootout
[Dawn]  Militants ambushed Pak police before dawn on Friday, sparking a shootout that killed two coppers and two faceless myrmidons in the country's troubled southwest, officials said.One policeman and a jihad boy were also maimed during the shootout in Balochistan province, which borders Afghanistan and Iran, police said. A group of faceless myrmidons attacked a police vehicle in the town of Mir Hasan, about 360 kilometres southeast of Quetta. "Police also returned the fire and the faceless myrmidons bravely ran away after the encounter. Two coppers were killed and one was injured," Saadullah Khetran, Naseerabad district police chief told AFP. Two faceless myrmidons were also killed in the shootout and their bodies taken to a local hospital, Khetran added. Impoverished Balochistan is wracked by an insurgency waged by ethnic Baloch tribes seeking greater autonomy from the federal government and a greater share of profits from the region's wealth of oil and gas resources. The region has also been hit by attacks blamed on Talibs, although sabotage of gas pipelines is a trademark of nationalist jihad boys. Posted by: Fred 2011-04-30 |
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