Unidentified armed men target check post on Quetta-Karachi road, killing all officials on the spot. PHOTO: FILE
"Gunmen attacked the checkpost early in the morning and shot dead eight Levies officials," Balochistan Home Secretary Akbar Hussain Durrani told AFP.
Durrani said one other officer was wounded in the attack but survived, adding police will question him over how the fighting occurred and who the gunmen were once his condition stabilises.
The attackers managed to escape soon after the incident.
Security officers cordoned off the area and started a search operation in their bid to arrest the culprits.
Khuzdar is one of the volatile districts in Balochistan where there are a number of pro as well as anti-government militant groups operating.
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@ Ch. Allah Daad , the levies is formed by the locals with the help of provincial govt , it is not part of Armed forces or Paramilitary Forces but old fashioned police force with limited powers and century old weapons , get ur facts rite and these guys are facing acute shortage of funds and lack training , they should be augmented by the police
a strong reaction is must in response.
@Haider Kazmi: Very true. Lets pray for peace in our country.
@Ch. Allah Daad: I hope Nawax Sharif brings up this incident and others like it when he meets Modi. It has been proven that a lot of the border incidents in Baluchistan are organised by operatives in Afghanistan who have Indian funding. None other than US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel confirmed this. So if India and Pakistan will move forward in peace, Modi should control Indian actions in the region.
Drone Khuzdar culprits and support our Balochistan Levies personals.
Very sad. I was in Khuzdar last week and was always afraid of any such terror incident.
I hope the culprit is apprehended and given strictest punishment.
Unfortunately that is why operation in North Waziristan will never be effective as the Taliban will respond by attacking cities
very sad