Militants killed four Pakistani police and snatch six people, including a top administrators.
Militants killed four Pakistani police and snatch six people, including a top administrators, in the southwest bordering Afghanistan and Iran, officials said Wednesday.The incidents took place overnight in the Aab-e-Gum area of the mountainous Bolan region, 60 kilometers south of Quetta, the capital of oil- and gas-rich Baluchistan province.
"Gunmen shot dead four policemen on the main highway in Aab-e-Gum while they were heading towards Quetta," local senior police official Junaid Ahmad said.
"Earlier, we had reports of five police being killed but one of the policemen, who disappeared into the nearby mountains reported to his bosses on Wednesday morning."
He said there had been no claim of responsibility.
Baluchistan's home secretary Akbar Hussain Durrani said gunmen also abducted the deputy head of administration in Jhal Magsi town, Shaukat Murghazani, another two civilians and three policemen on the same highway late Tuesday.