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| Five FC soldiers martyred in two attacks in Balochistan |
| 2021-02-20 |
| [Dawn] Five members 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.... were martyred and two others injured in two attacks in different areas of the province. In one incident, which took place in the western bypass area of the bustling provincial capital ...that’s Quetta... on Thursday, an FC soldier was martyred and two others were maimed when a remote-controlled bomb fixed to a cycle of violence parked at the roadside went kaboom!, as an FC vehicle was passing by. "The kaboom took place near the official vehicle of the Frontier Corps in which one FC soldier was martyred on the spot and two other soldiers were maimed," senior police officer Shaukat Mohmand told Dawn, adding that the blast badly damaged the vehicle. "An improvised bomb strapped to a cycle of violence parked at the roadside exploded with a remote control," the police officer said. Personnel of FC and police rushed to the area after the blast and took victims of the blast to a hospital. In the second incident, four soldiers of Frontier Corps were martyred in an attack by gunnies on their check-post in Kahan area of Kohlu district. Sources said the gunnies opened fire on Zaman Khan check-post the other day which resulted in the martyrdom of four FC soldiers while another was injured. Related: Quetta: 2021-02-14 Taliban Controls 52% of Territory in Afghanistan: Survey Quetta: 2021-02-11 Pak-Afghan border fencing work reviewed Quetta: 2021-02-07 Combing operations against those behind bomb attacks planned |
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