ISLAMABAD: Militants attacked a paramilitary Frontier Corps camp in the southwestern Balochistan province on Friday, with two soldiers killed in an exchange of fire, the Pakistan army said.
The attack came as Pakistan is on edge amid a worsening political crisis in the South Asian nation after the arrest of former Prime Minister Imran Khan earlier this week.
“On 12 May 23, in the early hours of morning, a group of Terrorists attacked an FC Camp in Muslim Bagh area in Northern Balochistan,” the army said in a statement. “Currently, operation by the Security Forces is underway to capture the terrorists who have been cornered into a building complex.”
The army said two militants were killed in heavy exchange of fire while “two soldiers have embraced Shahadat while another three are injured.”
No group has so far claimed responsibility for the attack though the militant group known as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, or TTP, has increased its attacks on security forces since it unilaterally ended a cease-fire with the government last November.
