[DAWN] Security forces foiled a potentially massive terrorist attack by intercepting an explosive-laden vehicle in Giddir area of Kalat district on Wednesday.A would-be jacket wallah detonated the explosives he was wearing, killing himself and two accomplices and blowing up the vehicle. Three security personnel were maimed.
According to official sources, personnel of the Frontier Corps
...a provincial paramilitary force. Total manpower is about 80,000. They are tasked to help local law enforcement in the maintenance of law and order, and to carry out border patrol and anti-smuggling operations....
(FC) and an intelligence agency, on a tip-off about the entry of an explosive-laden pick-up in Giddir area, launched a search operation. They spotted a suspected vehicle carrying three persons and tried to stop it.
"But the driver sped up the pick-up which was chased by security forces. In the meantime, the suicide bomber detonated his explosives in an act of desperation," an FC front man said. "The pick-up was smashed into pieces and its three occupants were killed. Three paramilitary soldiers were maimed in the blast that rocked a vast area."
"The Death Eaters apparently belonged to a banned myrmidon organization," official sources said.