Cop martyred in Quetta attack

QUETTA: Unknown gunmen gunned down a policeman in the Kachibaig area of Quetta on Sunday. According to police sources, the victim, Ahmed Khan, was near the Kachibaig area when armed assailants riding a motorbike opened fire on him and fled. As a result, he was martyred on the spot.

The body of the deceased was shifted to the Civil Hospital, Quetta, for legal formalities. Police cordoned off the entire area and started efforts to arrest the suspects. Further investigation was underway.

Meanwhile, the Frontier Corps (FC), Balochistan, along with intelligence agencies carried out intelligence based operations (IBOs) on terrorist hideouts in Dera Bugti and Chattar, Lehri areas and recovered weapons and ammunition.

According to an Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) statement issued here on Sunday, the recovered weapons and ammunition included improvised explosive devices (IEDs), rocket launcher, submachine guns, anti-personnel mines, hand grenades, accessories of different weapons and large quantity of various calibre ammunition.