Six FC personnel martyred in DI Khan road accident

Nine paramilitary force also sustain injuries


Umer Farooq August 12, 2018
Nine paramilitary force also sustain injuries. PHOTO: EXPRESS

PESHAWAR: Six Frontier Constabulary (FC) personnel were martyred in a road accident after the bus they were travelling on collided with Frontier Corps' vehicle in Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa on Sunday.

Initial reports from the area suggested that the deaths occurred after the two vehicles' head-on collision.

Five suicide bombers killed as brazen attack on FC Quetta centre foiled

The bus was en route to Drazanda area of the city while the other one was coming from from Quetta.

The vehicle. PHOTO: EXPRESS The FC vehicle. PHOTO: EXPRESS

The deceased were identified as Razaq, Wali Yar and Taj Gull belonging to Frontier Constabulary Darazinda and Khushnod, Obaidullah, Muhammad Arsalan and Faisal Hayat from Frontier Constabulary Zhob. The injured include Maqbool, Touqeer, Quddus, Amad Hussain, Muhammad Waqar, Shahbaz, Asif, Khurshid and Arshad.

Two FC men martyred, 4 injured in roadside blast

In May, Quetta was saved from a major disaster after security forces foiled a major terrorist attack, killing five suicide bombers who tried to storm a Frontier Corps compound in the city.

The terrorists mounted the attack on FC’s Madadgar Centre, presumably in retaliation for the killing of the Balochistan LeJ chief, Salman Badeni, a day earlier, in one of the city’s most secure neighbourhoods near Quetta cantonment.

COMMENTS (2)

Farooq Ahmed | 5 years ago | Reply Road safety needs urgent serious attention, losses breaking our backs.
Pakistani | 5 years ago | Reply RIP our brave protectors.
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