QUETTA – An attempted suicide attack on the vehicle of security forces wasfoiled in Kuch Mor area of Quetta on Thursday.

As security forces crossed a check post, the attacker opened fire on thepersonnel and wanted to detonate himself near the vehicle.

However, the assailant was killed in retaliatory firing. The forces duringchecking found a suicide vest, which was attached to the body of theattacker.

Later, a team of bomb disposal squad was called to the site where theexplosive device was diffused by taking timely action.

The identity of the attacker is yet to be ascertained, while no group hasclaimed responsibility for this attempted suicide attack.

Police and security officials are often targetted in the Balochistancapital.

On Feb 28, four security personnel were martyred and six others injured ina suicide attack in Nauhisar area on the outskirts of the provincialcapital. The blast targeted a Frontier Corps (FC) check post in the DarvishBelili area of the provincial capital.

Four security personnel were martyred on Feb 14 when they were attackednear the city’s Sariab Road area. Police said unidentified attackers,riding a motorcycle, targetted a motorcycle patrol of the Frontier Corps(FC) while it was on routine duty along with a railway track.

On January 28, a policeman was killed in Quetta’s Hazarganji area in atargetted attack while on January 18, two Balochistan Constabularyofficials were killed in Quetta.

Similarly, a police constable was shot dead by unidentified attackers onthe city’s Raisani Road on January 16.