Five security personnel killed in terror attack in Balochistan

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New Delhi: At least five security personnel were killed and more than a dozen injured in a terrorist attack by suspected Baloch militants in Pakistan’s Balochistan province on Sunday.
Four terrorists, including the suicide bomber, were killed in counter- operations in Noshki district of the province, local media reports said.
A suicide attacker rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into a convoy of paramilitary Frontier Corp (FC) on the Nushki-Dalbandin National Highway, chief of the local police station Zafarullah Sumalani said adding that the initial investigations suggested that it was a suicide attack.
Sumalani also said that evidence from the site of the attack suggested that a suicide attacker rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into the FC convoy.
Soon after the attack, security forces launched an immediate counter- operation, killing four terrorists, including the suicide bomber, newspaper Express Tribune said.

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