QUETTA: Unidentified militants attacked a Levies checkpost in Pishin district of Balochistanon on Tuesday, killing one security official and injuring three others, Levies officials said.

“Armed assailants opened fire on the checkpost in district Pishin's Surkhar area,” the Levies officials added.

While giving details of the incident, the Levies official said “the assailants came on three motorcycles and opened indiscriminate fire at the check post.”

Following the attack, a search operation has been launched in order to apprehend the accused involved in the attack at the check post.

Militants kill brother of CM's political secretary

Militants on Tuesday shot dead the brother of Khair Jan Baloch, the political secretary of Balochistan chief minister.

The Levies officials said unknown gunmen targeted the vehicle of Dr. Shafi Bizenjo in Awaran's Jhawo area.

“Dr. Bizenjo was killed on the spot, whereas, one Levies personnel suffered serious bullet wounds,” the official said. However, the assailants managed to escape from the crime scene.

Levies personnel rushed to the spot and shifted the injured personnel to a nearby hospital and provided medical treatment to them. According to doctors the injured is in a serious condition.

The LEAs have initiated a search operation to apprehend the accused involved in the murder of Dr. Shafi Bizenjo.

Meanwhile, the Frontier Corps (FC) arrested six suspected militants from Sabzal road area of Quetta.

“The suspects were arrested on suspicion of their links with an outlawed terrorist group,” said FC spokesman.

The FC also arrested four suspects from Quetta's Marriabad area, a pistol was recovered from their possession. All the arrested suspects were interrogated by the officials, the FC spokesman added.

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