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India-Pakistan
Three FC men killed in Taliban attack
2012-03-25
[Dawn] Three Frontier Corps personnel, a non-commissioned officer among them, were killed and five others were maimed in an attack on their checkpost in Mir Alikhail area close to Pakistain-Afghan border on Friday morning.

The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain grabbed credit for the attack. There were reports that five FC men were missing, but official sources did not confirm it.

Official sources said that gun-hung tough guys attacked the Mughkot checkpost with automatic weapons. The attack left a non-commissioned officer and two other FC personnel dead and five others seriously injured.

The casualty was confirmed by a FC officer in Zhob. Troops deployed on other checkposts rushed to the place and returned fire. After a heavy exchange of fire, the gun-hung tough guys beat feet.

Three of the injured FC personnel, Subaidar Habib-ur-Rehman, Naib Subaidar Shaukat Ali and Naik Dost Ali, were taken to the Combined Military Hospital in Zhob.

A TTP front man calling from an unspecified place told BBC that they had killed three security personnel, injured seven others and kidnapped five men of the force.--Staff Correspondent
Posted by:Fred

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