Quetta: 4 police personnel were martyred during an intelligence-based operation in Quetta on Tuesday.
Chief Minister Abdul Qudous Bizenjo said that the attack took place during the search operation launched after Monday’s bomb blast in Kuchlak area near Quetta.
He said in a statement that the officers who were martyred during the encounter with the terrorists set an example of courage and bravery.
A senior superintendent of police (operations), Zohaib Moshin, said that a terrorist who opened fire on the policemen was also killed during the gunfight. “During the operation, the law enforcement personnel surrounded a house in Kuchlak, from where the terrorists opened fire on the personnel, injuring 4 of them,” Mohsin was quoted as saying. .
The latest incident comes a day after four people, including two police officers, were killed and 11 others injured in a bomb attack on a security forces vehicle on a busy road in Quetta on Monday.
Although no group has yet claimed responsibility for Monday’s blast, outlawed militant groups and fighters from the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), an umbrella organization of various groups, have long maintained security across the province. Targeting the forces.
