Law enforcing agencies failed to purge the Quetta city of terrorists ,miscreants and militants .On Wednesday they took the lives of four Frontier Corps (FC) personnel they were patrolling on Sariab road, a sensitive area. Unknown assailants managed to run away after opening fire at their vehicle in Quetta on Wednesday, South Punjab News reported.
Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Quetta Razzaq Cheema said the security personnel were on routine patrol when attacked by miscreants in Dukkani Baba area of Sariab Road.
Police and personnel of other law enforcement agencies reached the spot as investigation into the incident went under way. Security was tightened in the area to apprehend the culprits involved in attack while the bodies have been shifted to Civil Hospital Quetta.
Police termed the incident as another act of targeted killing in the city. Sariab Road is considered to be one of the most sensitive parts of the city. Miscreants have repeatedly targeted security personnel, police and pro-government people in the area.
Security and law enforcement agencies have recently faced several attacks in the city. At least seven people were killed on Zarghoon Road last month when a suicide bomber rammed into a parked police truck. Later, two constables were gunned down in a separate incident on the same road.
(FOUR ARMY MEN KILLED IN SARGODHA) Five persons including four army personnel died in an accident here on Sargodha-Bhalwal Road late the other night.
According to rescue and police sources, an army truck overturned when its driver attempted overtaking a sugarcane-laden tractor-trolley. Resultantly four army men including Shehzad, Ziarat, Mujahid, Hamid and a civilian identified as Arshad, son of Safadar, resident of village 10/North, Sargodha died on the spot. The police have launched legal action against the tractor-trolley driver. It is to mention here that sugarcane-laden tractor-trolleys and trailers, on their way to nearby sugar mills at Bhalwal, often cause accidents besides severe traffic mess in the area thanks to the negligence of the traffic police and local government.
