Five suspected militants killed in Mastung

QUETTA: Security forces killed five suspected militants and injured six others in Balochistan’s Mastung district on Sunday morning, said Frontier Corps Spokesman Khan Wasey.
The forces were backed by helicopters from the Interior Ministry during the operation.Wasey said that the terrorists were involved in attacks on security forces and had recently torched five oil tankers carrying fuel for the Saindak project in the area. The terrorists belonged to a banned separatist outfit, he added.
This incident occurred a day after security forces killed four suspected militants in the Mangochar area of Kalat on Saturday evening.Security forces had launched a search operation in the area in the aftermath of attacks on oil tankers which carried fuel for a Chinese company working on the Saindak project in the Chaghi district.
Mastung is considered to be a sensitive district in Balochistan. Security forces have been targets of militants in the district for over a decade, with occasional attacks on railway tracks to disrupt services and cause unrest.
Members of the Shia Hazara community have also been targeted in Mastung in the past.Meanwhile, police in Kandhkot foiled an attempt to blow up the main gas pipeline and arrested two terrorists in injured condition after a shootout.
The terrorists were planting explosives in the Gablo village when police reached there and attacked them.The suspects, Karam Golu and Arz Muhammad Golu, were arrested in wounded condition after half-an-hour-long police encounter.Police also recovered explosive material from their possession. Investigation of the incident is underway.