QUETTA: Unidentified assailants on Saturday shot dead two secu
rity guards of a gas exploration company near the Pasni area of Gwadar District.
Levies sources said that the guards were deployed for security of a survey team of Coal Geophysical
Company (CGC). The company was conducting a survey for exploration of natural gas in Pasni.
“The armed men ambushed secu
rity guards with sophisticated weapons by opening volley of bullets on them,” they said, adding that leaving two secu
rity guards critically injured.
The assailants managed to escape from the scene.
Gwadar Deputy Commissioner Tufail Baloch said the secu
rity guards resisted the a
rmed attackers.
“The gun battle remained for a while which left two secu
rity guards injured,” he said.
The injured guards s
uccumbed to their injuries on their way to a hospital.
Law enforcers cordoned off the entire area to trace out the suspects. F
urther probe was underway.
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