PAK: 3 soldiers among 11 killed in convoy attack
Nushki (Pakistan), March 16 -- At least 11 people, including three soldiers and four militants, were killed and 35 others wounded in an explosion triggered by separatists and retaliatory shooting by security forces in Pakistan's violence-hit Balochistan province on Sunday, security sources said.
The outlawed Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) carried out an IED blast and a suicide attack on the Frontier Corps (FC) convoy in the morning, security sources told Geo News.
Three FC soldiers and two citizens died on the spot in the attack. Later, two others succumbed to their injuries in the hospital, taking the toll to seven.
In an immediate response, security forces killed three attackers, while the suicide bomber was blown apart.
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