Gunmen kill 4 paramilitary policemen in Pakistan

QUETTA: Gunmen yesterday killed four paramilitary policemen in an ambush in Pakistan’s restive southwestern province of Balochistan, officials said, reports AFP.

The Pakistani Taliban said it carried out the attack, the second time this month it has claimed a deadly assault on security forces.

The Frontier Constabulary officers were attacked while patrolling a railway line in the provincial capital Quetta.

The victims had no chance to retaliate, said Abdul Razzaq Cheema, a senior police official, adding that they recovered 108 Kalashnikov bullet cases from the site.

“We suspect the attackers were at least four people who came on two motorbikes,” he said. A senior official of the paramilitary force confirmed the attack and toll.

On February 3 a suicide bomber killed 11 soldiers in an attack on an army camp in the Swat Valley in the northwest, with the Pakistani Taliban claiming responsibility.

 

Gunmen kill 4 paramilitary policemen in Pakistan

QUETTA: Gunmen yesterday killed four paramilitary policemen in an ambush in Pakistans restive southwestern province of Balochistan, officials said, reports AFP. The Pakistani Taliban said it carried out the attack, the second time this month it has claimed a deadly assault on security forces. The Frontier Constabulary officers were attacked while patrolling a railway line in the provincial capital Quetta. The victims had no chance to retaliate, said Abdul Razzaq Cheema, a senior police official, adding that they recovered 108 Kalashnikov bullet cases from the site. We suspect the attackers were at least four people who came on two motorbikes, he said. A senior official of the paramilitary force confirmed the attack and toll. On February 3 a suicide bomber killed 11 soldiers in an attack on an army camp in the Swat Valley in the northwest, with the Pakistani Taliban claiming responsibility.