[DAWN] At least one policeman was martyred and four others injured in an attack in the Police Lines area in Balochistan...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
’s Loralai on Wednesday.
According to Balochistan Inspector General of Police Mohsin Hassan Butt, three attackers wearing suicide jackets ambushed the main gate of the Police Lines area.
"Police and other law-enforcement agencies retaliated to the attack in a timely manner and killed the jacket wallahs," the IG said, adding that the attack took place while coppers were busy in taking an examination.
In exchange of fire, one policeman lost his life while four others were maimed. The injured coppers have been shifted to a hospital for medical attention.
According to reports from the site, the process of clearing the area has now begun and security has been beefed up in and around Loralai in the aftermath of the attack.