Four FC men martyred in Quetta IED attack

ISLAMABAD: Four soldiers of the Frontier Corps (FC), including a junior commissioned officer, were martyred as terrorists targeted FC troops, employed for security of Marget Mines on Marget-Quetta Road, using Improvised Explosive Device (IED).

Those martyred include Subedar Sardar Ali Khan, resident of Village WandaLungar Kel, District Lakki Marwat; Sepoy Musaddaf Hussain, resident of Chak 272 EB, District Vehari; Sepoy Muhammad Anwar, resident of Wanda Talgi, District DI Khan, and Sepoy Awais Khan, resident of Village Bandal, District Neelum.

A large scale area sanitisation operation by the FC Balochistan to hunt the terrorists is underway. “Such cowardly acts by inimical elements cannot sabotage the hard-earned peace and prosperity in Balochistan. Security forces are determined to neutralise their nefarious designs even at the cost of blood and lives,” the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), in a statement, said.