Checkpost firing in Quetta leaves soldier dead, two wounded
FC forces retaliated after gunmen opened fire at a check post at Sariab Road.
File photo of FC forces after conducting a raid on miscreants. PHOTO: NASEEM JAMES
QUETTA:
Two gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire Sunday on a checkpoint of the paramilitary Frontier Corps (FC) in Pakistan's troubled southwest, killing one soldier and wounding two others, officials said.
FC forces retaliated after gunmen opened fire at a check post at Sariab Road in Quetta killing one of the suspects. Soon after, the FC forces surrounded the area and initiated a search operation.
A police official, Bashir Brohi, confirmed the incident and casualties. Nobody has so far claimed responsibility for the shooting.
Quetta, the largest city and the provincial capital of Balochistan, has been prone to several attacks and militant activities in the past. Two people were killed and another sustained injuries in a blast near Sariab Road, Quetta last week.
On August 8, an attack by a suicide bomber at the funeral of a senior policeman in Quetta plunged the country into grief when at least 30 people lost their lives and over 40 others were wounded, of which most were policemen attending the funeral.
Two gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire Sunday on a checkpoint of the paramilitary Frontier Corps (FC) in Pakistan's troubled southwest, killing one soldier and wounding two others, officials said.
FC forces retaliated after gunmen opened fire at a check post at Sariab Road in Quetta killing one of the suspects. Soon after, the FC forces surrounded the area and initiated a search operation.
A police official, Bashir Brohi, confirmed the incident and casualties. Nobody has so far claimed responsibility for the shooting.
Quetta, the largest city and the provincial capital of Balochistan, has been prone to several attacks and militant activities in the past. Two people were killed and another sustained injuries in a blast near Sariab Road, Quetta last week.
On August 8, an attack by a suicide bomber at the funeral of a senior policeman in Quetta plunged the country into grief when at least 30 people lost their lives and over 40 others were wounded, of which most were policemen attending the funeral.