4 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 All Khan, resident of Village Wanda Lungar 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 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.