QUETTA – Five persons including two Frontier Constabulary (FC) personnel were martyred and one injured in Harnai on Thursday when an improvised explosive device hit their vehicle.
The FC vehicle was returning from the Khost where some unknown gunmen opened fire on miners, the Radio Pakistan reported.
As per details, at least two labourers were killed when unknown armed assailants opened fire on a coal mine in Harnai’s Khosat area.
After the incident, FC officials rushed to the spot and a vehicle carrying FC officials collided with mine. As a result, three FC officials embraced martyrdom.
The deceased labourers were identified as Syed Shah and Habib Ullah, while the martyred FC officials were identified as Junaid Shafiq and Khudaye Noor.
An FC official named as Sher Alam was also injured in the process that was shifted to a Quetta for medical assistance.