4 killed in attack on police centre in Pakistan

One policeman and three suicide bombers were killed in anattack on a police station in Pakistan’s Balochistan province on Wednesday.

The attack took place in the morning when three suicidebombers tried to enter the police station in the Loralai city, the media wingof Pakistan’s armed forces, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), said in astatement.

   

While one attacker was shot dead by the police at the entranceto the complex, other two managed to enter the centre, Geo News reported.”In the exchange of fire one suicide bomber (of the remaining two)exploded himself and the other was killed by security forces,” the ISPRsaid.

One policeman was killed and two other officers were woundedin the attack.

A police recruitment centre in the same city was attacked inJanuary claiming 12 lives and wounding 21 others.

Balochistan, the largest and least populated state ofPakistan, has witnessed frequent attacks by separatist groups, armed Islamistforces and organised crime networks, making it one of the nation’s mostunstable and insecure regions.

In July last year, 149 people were killed in an attack inthe province during a poll-related rally. It was one of the worst attacks inthe history of the Asian country.

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