2 security men killed in Pak attack

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Press Trust of India Quetta
Last Updated : Aug 18 2013 | 10:55 PM IST
Two officials of the Frontier Corps were killed and one gunman was shot dead during an attack on a security checkpost here in Pakistan's troubled Balochistan province today, police said.
Police said two men on a motorcycle had opened fire on the FC checkpost on Saryab road in which two havaldars were killed.
"In the return firing from the FC personnel, one of the attackers was killed while the other one was captured alive in a injured condition," one official said.
He said one FC personnel was also injured in the firing.
The FC personnel killed in the attack included Havaldar Akbar and Sepoy Ali.
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First Published: Aug 18 2013 | 10:55 PM IST

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