LORALAI: At least one policeman was martyred and three others injured in an exchange of fire with suspected terrorists in Balochistan’s Loralai district on Monday evening.
One suspected terrorist blew himself up and another one was killed by police during the exchange of fire.
Station House Officer Loralai Abdul Rehman said personnel of the police’s Eagle Squad stopped two suspects riding a motorcycle near the Lolarai commissioner’s office.
However, one of the militants blew himself up and the second was shot dead in retaliatory firing by police.
Three policemen were injured during the exchange of fire, SHO Rehman said. They were rushed to District Hospital Loralai for emergency treatment.
While strongly condemning the incident, Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal said: “Our police has valiantly fought in the face of the scourge of terrorism in the province and continues to do so.”
Balochistan is no stranger to violence as on September 28, three people, including Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Deputy Secretary General Muhammad Hanif, were martyred in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in Chaman.
