One official of the Pakistan Navy embraced martyrdom and two others got injured when gunmen ambushed their vehicle in the coastal town of Jiwani, officials said on Sunday. The Pakistan Navy vehicle came under attack Saturday evening while travelling from Jiwani to the Ganz area, said Balochistan Finance Minister Zahoor Buledi. A sailor was fatally shot while a barber and another sailor were critically wounded during an exchange of fire with the attackers. Balochistan Liberation Army spokesman, Azad Baloch, in a message to reporters, said that the group killed four Navy officers and wounded two others. Buledi, the provincial minister, condemned the attack, saying the insurgents are trying to demoralise the security forces operating against them.

Source: Pakistan Today March 07, 2021 19:07 UTC