Balochistan

Four LeJ militants killed in shootout near Quetta

Frontier Corps official says they received a tip off that a convoy of LeJ militants was heading towards Mastung

Mohammad Zafar August 25, 2015

PHOTO: AFP

QUETTA: At least four militants of a banned religious organization, including one of its commanders, were gunned down and a security official was injured in a skirmish in Mian Gundi area of Quetta late on Tuesday night.

According to a Frontier Corps official, they had received a tip off from an intelligence agency that a convoy of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) militants was heading towards Mastung.

FC special wing set up a picket on the Quetta-Mastung highway in Mian Gundi to intercept the militants.

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“The militants opened fire at security personnel,” he said. In the ensuing exchange of fire, four militants of LEJ were killed on the spot. A security official was also injured.

“Commander of LEJ and his three accomplices were on their way to Mastung from Quetta after exchange of firing when they were chased and shot dead,” security sources said.

The deceased and the injured were shifted to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Quetta

A search operation is still underway in the area, an official told The Express Tribune.

COMMENTS (3)

Another Indian | 8 years ago | Reply And that's 2 days after Nisar bleated that no terrorists are left in Pakistan.

Sufi Ghulam Muhammad | 8 years ago | Reply Good Shot, We believe you our forces even if you nabbed them from any point and killed in the desert, The faulty Justice system somehow will eventually release them one day or another so this is the best procedure to handle these types of notorious criminals. They all are paid from our neighbor to break the Pak China trade corridor, that is why they are holed up there.

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