Six Pakistani security officers were killed on Wednesday during a terror attack on a security checkpoint in the country's southwestern Balochistan province, Pakistani media reported, citing local officials
MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 20th March, 2019) Six Pakistani security officers were killed on Wednesday during a terror attack on a security checkpoint in the country's southwestern Balochistan province, Pakistani media reported, citing local officials.The terrorists attacked a checkpoint in the province's northern Ziarat district, killing all of the personnel inside, and managed to escape, according to Pakistani newspaper Dawn. Pakistani security forces are investigating the attack, Qadir Bakhsh Pirkani, the district's deputy commissioner, said.
Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal, in turn, condemned the attack and offered his condolences to the family members of the victims.
There are a number of terrorist organizations operating in Pakistan's Balochistan region, including the Pakistani Taliban, known as Tehreek-e-Taliban, a separatist ethnic Balochistan group and the Islamic State terrorist group's (banned in Russia) affiliate based out of neighboring Afghanistan.
