QUETTA: Seven Frontier Corps personnel were martyred in two separate attacks in Balochistan’s Kech and Mach areas, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said.
According to the military’s media wing, six soldiers were martyred when their patrol vehicle hit a roadside mob in Mach. The IED attack occurred in Pir Ghaib area of Mach late Monday night on a Frontier Corps vehicle returning to base camp after routine patrolling duty. The attack left six personnel martyred including a junior commissioned officer (JCO) and a civilian driver.
“Six soldiers including a Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) and a civilian driver embraced Shahadat in the IED attack in Pir Ghaib, Mach, Balochistan late last night on FC vehicle returning to base camp after routine patrolling duty,” ISPR said.
The martyred were identified as Naib Subedar Ihsanullah Khan, Naik Zubair Khan, Naik Ijaz Ahmed, Naik Maula Bux, Naik Noor Muhammad and driver Abdul Jabbar.
In another incident, sepoy Imdad Ali embraced martyrdom during an exchange of fire with terrorists near Mand areas of Kech in Balochistan.
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