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Gunmen kill ten security men in Pakistan

Published: 27 Jul 2013 - 12:16 pm | Last Updated: 31 Jan 2022 - 01:29 pm

ISLAMABAD: Unknown gunmen attacked a coastguard check post with rockets and heavy weaponry near Pakistan-Iran border in Balochistan’s Gwadar district on Saturday, killing at least ten security men and wounding five others, officials said.

The incident happened in the Suntsar area of Gwadar district, 1,420 kilometres or 882 miles southwest of Quetta, the capital of the oil and gas rich Balochistan province that borders Iran and Afghanistan, Pakistan's Geo news reported.

According to Interior Secretary Balochistan Akbar Durrani, armed attackers ambushed a security check post in Suntsar area, a mountainous region near Gwadar port city, where at least 14 security men were deployed. (QNA)