Two suspected terrorists killed, 35 rounded up in Quetta raid

Development comes a day after a suicide attacker targeted FC personnel in the provincial capital

QUETTA: At least two suspected militants of a banned militant outfit were killed while another 35 were arrested on Sunday during a search operation conducted by Frontier Corps in Sariyab and adjoining areas of Quetta.

“Two militants of a banned organisation were killed and 35 were rounded up during a search operation,” an FC spokesperson said, adding arms were recovered from the possession of the accused.

“Two hand grenades, two SMGs, one Makarov pistol, one shotgun, seven TT pistols, one 9mm pistol, two 30 bore pistols and several rounds were also recovered from the possession of the suspects,” the spokesperson added.



The development comes only a day after as many as 10 people, including four security personnel, were killed while 23 others sustained injuries in a suicide attack targeting the FC in Quetta.

A convoy of FC personnel comprising a truck and two other vehicles was on a routine patrol on the Adalat Road of the provincial capital on Saturday when a suicide attacker who was riding a bicycle targeted the convoy, sources told The Express Tribune.

Soon after the attack, the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack. “The TTP’s TSG unity carried out the attack that targeted the convoy of security forces,” Taliban spokesperson, Mohammad Khorasani said.



Earlier this week, Army chief General Raheel Sharif termed Balochistan a “hotbed of proxy wars” as he promised a relentless fight to restore peace in the volatile province which has been wrecked by militant, sectarian, ethnic and terrorist violence since 2004.