At least nine policemen, including two station house officers (SHOs), were martyred in a terrorist attack on a police post in Balochistan’s Ziarat district, officials said on Tuesday.
Balochistan chief minister’s aide for media and political affairs, Shahid Rind, said that 15 Fitna al Khawarij terrorists had been killed in a clearance operation initiated following the attack.
Fitna al Khawarij is the term used by the state to designate members of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan.
Sources said that the armed men attacked the police post late at night. Police fought a gun battle with the terrorists for some time, but the latter eventually managed to enter the premises.
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Source: Dawn News
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