An army statement said that the security forces conducted a routine patrolling in the Buleda area, close to the Pakistan-Iran border to check possible routes used by terrorists in the mountainous terrain of Mekran.

As the paramilitary Frontier Corps troops were moving back to their base after assigned patrolling duty, the reconnaissance vehicle of the Frontier Corps was targeted with a remote-controlled improvised explosive device, a statement from the army's media wing the Inter-Services Public Relations said.

As a result, one army major and five soldiers were killed while one soldier was injured, according to the statement.
It is said that the outlawed Balochistan Liberation Army has claimed responsibility for the attack in a brief statement posted on social media, but there is no official confirmation of it yet.