Two security men killed in Quetta check-post attack

QUETTA: Two personnel of security forces lost their lives after unknown armed men opened fire on a check-post of Frontier Corps (FC) at Sariab Road here on Sunday, Geo News reported.

One of the attackers was also killed in the retaliatory firing by the security men while another was arrested in an injured condition, sources said.

According to details, two armed assailants riding a motorcycle sprayed bullets on an FC check-post on Sariab Road in Barma Hotel area, killing two security personnel – Havildar Akbar and Sepoy Hazrat Ali Jan – while another Havildar Aslam sustained injuries.

Other security men present on the check-post retaliated by opening fire on the attackers, killing one of them while the second assailant who suffered wounds and was arrested from the crime scene.