7 soldiers dead in Balochistan terror attacks

A security member stands guard at the blast site in Quetta, Balochistan province, Pakistan.

Quetta, (Samajweekly) Seven soldiers have been killed in two separate terror attacks in Pakistan’s Balochistan province, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Tuesday.

According to the ISPR statement, terrorists targeted a vehicle of the Frontier Corps (FC) in Mach using improvised explosive devices (IEDs), claiming the lives of six Pakistan Army soldiers, reports Dawn news.

In the second attack at Kech, another soldier was killed in an exchange of fire with militants.

Earlier this month, five Frontier Corps soldiers and one officer lost their lives after their vehicle was targeted with an IED near the Pakistan-Iran border.

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