Terrorists kill six security personnel in SW Pakistan
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Islamabad, March 20, IRNA -- At least six security personnel on Wednesday were killed in a terrorist attack on a check post in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province, local media reported.
Reports quoting Deputy Commissioner Ziarat Qadir Bakhsh Pirkani as saying that the armed terrorists attacked a Levies checkpost in Ziarat district's Sanjavi area.
All Levies personnel deployed at the checkpost were killed, he added, while the terrorists managed to escape. The bodies of the Levis personnel were taken to a local hospital.
After the incident, Levies personnel and other law enforcement agencies reached the spot to launch an investigation into the attack.
According to some media reports banned terrorist outfit Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has claimed responsibility for the attack.
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