Three personnel, including a police inspector, were martyred and another injured in an ambush at a police mobile van in the Sariab area late on Wednesday night. Officials said the tragic incident took place in the Mastung road area.
The personnel were sitting in the police vehicle parked near a restaurant when armed men riding motorcycles ambushed the police vehicle.
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“An Inspector, two constables lost their lives on the spot as they received multiple bullet injuries, caused their instead death,” a police officer said, adding that the driver was seriously injured in the attack.
Soon after receiving information about the incident police rushed to the site and shifted the bodies and the injured to hospital. The driver was identified as Khair Bakhsh.
The martyred officials were later identified as Inspector Abdul Wali, Constable Abdul Rehman, and Constable Mukhtiar. Balochistan Liberation army (BLA) claimed the responsibility of this attack.
Following the tragic incident, Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Sarfraz Bugti condemned the attack and vowed that the blood of the martyrs would not go in vain.
“The cowardly attackers will be brought to justice,” said CM Bugti, adding that the state is not weak and those attempting to disrupt peace in Balochistan would receive the harshest response.
He assured that a full-scale operation will be launched against terrorists and that no space will be left for such elements in the province.
