Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 01 Apr 2024, 04:56 am Print
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At least two security personnel were killed and four others hurt after a bomb disposal squad of the Pakistani Army was targeted in Ankara Dam area on Sunday, media reports said.
The bomb disposal team of the Pakistan Army was busy clearing landmines in the Ankara Dam area of Gwadar district when unidentified armed men opened indiscriminate fire on them, reported Dawn News.
The deceased were killed on the spot.
“The firing incident took place some 25km from the port city [Gwadar], which claimed two lives and injured four others,” Gwadar SSP Mohsin Zohaib told Dawn News, adding that after the incident the bodies and the injured were shifted to GDA hospital.
The deceased soldiers were identified as Zahoor and Altaf.
Security forces have launched an operation in the area to track the attackers.
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