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2 troops among three killed in Balochistan

Three people including two paramilitary soldiers were killed in separate incidents of violence in the restive province. Two paramilitary soldiers were killed when militants attacked a check-post in Awaran district of Balochistan, sources said on Saturday.
The sources said that unknown armed opened firing at a check-post and managed to escape. The bodies were shifted to a nearby hospital for medico-legal formalities. In a separate incident, a passenger from Karachi was targeted by unidentified gunmen on Sariab road. According to police, the victim was traveling in a rickshaw when unidentified gunmen attacked him on Sariab road on Saturday morning. The passenger and rickshaw driver Haji Muhammad Zahir were severely injured and both were shifted to a nearby hospital, police said. Later, the unidentified passenger succumbed to his injuries. Police have started investigation of the incident. Balochistan has been witnessing a low-level insurgency by nationalists, demanding more provincial autonomy while some others fighting for freedom. The militants kill Punjabi and Pashtoons settlers in Baloch populated areas of the South Western province.

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