Six Levies men killed in terrorists’ firing in Gwadar

GWADAR: Six security force personnel and a government official were killed and two others injured in a firing incident in Gwadar on Thursday evening, officials said.

Commissioner of the district, Shoaib Ahmad Gola, said that the incident took place when some unknown gunmen opened fire at a vehicle of Balochistan Levies (a paramilitary force) in the Jiwani area of Gwadar.

Security forces and rescue teams rushed to the site and shifted the bodies and injured to the district hospital of Gwadar.Six personnel of the Levies force and a revenue official were among those killed, while the injured included one major and a soldier.

According to the official, the gunmen armed with automatic guns ambushed the vehicle of the security personnel when they were coming back after attending a grand meeting of local elders over a land dispute in the Jiwani area.Security forces cordoned off the region and launched a search operation to arrest the terrorists. No group had claimed responsibility for the attack yet.