Kalat saved: Suicide attacker blows up self, car

QUETTA: A suicide bomber blew up himself and the explosive laden car when security forces intercepted his vehicle in Gidder area Kalat on Wednesday. At least three militants including the bomber were killed and three security personnel were injured in the incident. Frontier Corps spokesman Khan Wassey said that the paramilitary force had received intelligence reports about a suspicious vehicle to have entered Kalat district. Acting on the tip-off FC troops set up a check post in Gidder.“During the checking, security personnel signalled a vehicle to stop, instead it sped by. An FC team chased the vehicle and intercepted it. However, as the FC men approached the car one of the three suspects blew himself up,” FC spokesman said. All the three people sitting in the car died on the spot and three security personnel suffered injuries.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 4^th,  2016.