Five unidentified militants were killed and 11 injured when security forces near Dera Bugti retaliated to an attack, Geo television reported. Balochistan government spokesman Raziq Bugti said that the militants attacked the security forces with heavy rocket and gunfire, but fled when they retaliated. "We came to know from their conversation through satellite telephones that five miscreants were killed and 11 injured," he said. He said that the security forces had not suffered any casualties.The Machh Criminal Investigation Department (CID) arrested four suspected militants belonging to the banned Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) on Sunday for alleged involvement in the Machh bomb blasts, Online reported.
Meanwhile, unidentified militants attacked a security forces vehicle on patrol near the Sui gas plant, injuring an official. Security forces killed one militant when they retaliated. Seven rockets were fired at a Frontier Corps (FC) check post on Sunday in Buleda in Balochistan. No casualties were reported.