RAWALPINDI – Four Frontier Corps embraced martyrdom and six otherssustained injuries during two separate terrorist attacks in Quetta andTurbat, districts of Balochistan, the military media wing said Tuesday.
According to Inter-Services Public Relations, the FC post was targeted byterrorists near Pir Ismail Ziarat in Quetta late Monday. The attack led toan exchange of fire which continued for some time. ‘4-5 terrorists [were]killed while 7/8 are injured. During the exchange of fire four brave FCsoldiers embraced martyrdom while 6 soldiers got injured’, the statementreads.
The second terror attack occurred in the Turbat area where terroriststargeted a vehicle of Frontier Corps with an improvised explosive device(IED). Two of the soldiers of the paramilitary force got injured.
The statement of ISPR further added that ‘hard-earned peace and prosperityin Balochistan could not be sabotaged by such coward acts by anti-stateforces as Pakistan armed forces are determined to neutralise theirnefarious designs even at the cost of blood and lives’.
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In the recent unrest in the country’s southwestern province, three FrontierCorps (FC) soldiers had embraced martyrdom while five others injured in theline of duty during two separate terrorist activities in Quetta and Turbaton May 9.
