Balochistan unrest: FC nails six alleged insurgents in separate raids

FC soldiers carried out another search operation in Kalagdab area of Turbat,arrested four men on charges of insurgency

QUETTA:

The paramilitary Frontier Corps, Balochistan said on Saturday that it has arrested six suspected militants of a proscribed organisation from the insurgency-hit areas of Kalat and Turbat.

According to the Frontier Corps (FC) spokesman, the paramilitary force carried out an intelligence-based search operation in Kalat. “FC personnel arrested two militants of Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) and recovered automatic weapons from their possession,” the spokesman said.

Both the militants were involved in attacks on security forces and the targeted killing of people, he said.

Meanwhile, FC soldiers carried out another search operation in Kalagdab area of Turbat and arrested four men on charges of insurgency, the spokesman said. “FC soldiers arrested four people who were involved in attacks on security forces,” he said.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 28^th, 2015.