GWADAR: A team of houbara bustard hunters from Abu Dhabi, led by Prince Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, came under a gun attack by a group of men in the Gichk area of Panjgur on Monday.

Two vehicles of the convoy were damaged.

According to the tehsildar of the area, personnel of Frontier Corps and other security men retaliated, forcing the attackers to flee.

The area was cordoned off and the convoy was taken to its camp.

A spokesman for the banned Balochistan Libration Front claimed responsibility of the attack.

Published in Dawn, December 20th, 2016