QUETTA: Unidentified assailants on Saturday shot dead two security guards of a gas exploration company near the Pasni area of Gwadar District.
Levies sources said that the guards were deployed for security of a survey team of Coal Geophysical Company (CGC). The company was conducting a survey for exploration of natural gas in Pasni.
“The armed men ambushed security guards with sophisticated weapons
by opening volley of bullets on them,” they said, adding t
hat leaving two security guards critically injured.
The assailants managed to escape from the scene.
Gwadar Deputy Commissioner Tufa
il Baloch said th
e security guards resisted the armed attackers.
“The gun battle remained for a while which left two security guards injured,” he said.
The injured guards succumbed to their injuries on their
way to a hospital.
Law enforcers cordoned off the entire area to trace out the suspects. Further probe was underway.
