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4 policemen killed in gun battle with terrorists in SW Pakistan

KathmanduPati April 11, 2023

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ISLAMABAD – Four policemen were killed during an exchange of fire with terrorists in Pakistan’s southwest Balochistan province on Tuesday, police said.

The incident happened in the provincial capital of Quetta where the police were conducting a search operation against the terrorist after receiving an intelligence tip-off about them, the Quetta police told media
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During the operation, a gun battle broke out between the two sides, in which two policemen were killed on the spot and two others succumbed to injuries later at a hospital, said the police.

Exchange of firing halted after the fatalities at the police side, the law enforcement agency said.The police did not reveal the loss of life on the militants’ side. The operation was conducted following two blasts that killed four people and injured 19 others in the city on Monday