QUETTA: Unidentified assailants on Saturday shot dead two s
ecurity guards of a gas
exploration company near the Pasni area of Gwadar District.
Levies sources said that the guards were deployed for s
ecurity 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 s
ecurity guards with sophisticated weapons by opening volley of bullets on them,” they said, adding that leaving two s
ecurity guards critically injured.
The assailants managed to escape from the scene.
Gwadar Deputy Commissioner Tufail Baloch said the s
ecurity guards resisted the armed attackers.
“The gun battle remained for a while which left two s
ecurity 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 s
uspects. Further probe was underway.