Pakistan Army soldier embraces martyrdom in Turbat ambush

Three troops also sustained injuries when terrorists opened fire on security forces, says ISPR


NEWS DESK October 17, 2020
Lance Naik Waseem Ullah embraced Shahadat. PHOTO: ISPR

A Pakistan Army soldier embraced martyrdom and three others were injured in a terrorist attack on their patrolling team in a remote area of Balochistan’s Turbat on Saturday, military said.

“Terrorists fire raid on security forces’ patrolling party near Jhaki post – 35km South East of Turbat. During exchange of fire, Lance Naik Waseem Ullah embraced Shahadat while three soldiers got injured,” Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), the military’s media wing said in a statement.

The attack comes two days after seven soldiers and as many security guards were martyred while fighting off a terrorist attack on a convoy of the Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) in Balochistan.

The same day six army troops were martyred in an improvised explosive device (IED) explosion in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.

The attack on the OGDCL convoy took place on the Coastal Highway, near Ormara, the ISPR had said. Whereas six troops, including an officer, were martyred in an IED blast in North Waziristan tribal district the same day, it added.

The IED blast hit a convoy of the security forces in the Razmak area of North Waziristan.

COMMENTS (1)

Patwari | 3 years ago | Reply

This soldier was a villager. With barely any training. Given a gun and thrown in the terrorists den. To sink or swim. You need special extensive training to fight desi terrorism. You are fighting your own brothers, who are citizens of your own country. Slight hesitation and you are dead.

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