QUETTA, Pakistan: Gunmen attacked a security forces' training base in the restive southwestern Pakistani province of Balochistan on Tuesday, setting off a gunbattle in which at least four members of the security forces and four attackers were killed, officials said.

The attackers apparently intended to hit a residential compound at a training centre of the paramilitary Frontier Corps in Loralai district but were challenged at the entrance, according to a statement from Inter Services Public Relations, the main military communications unit.

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Four members of the security forces were killed and two wounded in an initial exchange of gunfire before the attackers were isolated in an adjacent compound. Four gunmen, including one who detonated a suicide vest, were subsequently killed.

"The valiant and timely action of security forces denied the terrorists entry into residential area which would have resulted in more casualties," the ISPR statement said.

The attack, in the early hours of Tuesday morning, was the latest in Balochistan, Pakistan's largest and poorest province which is at the centre of the strategic China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) infrastructure development project.

The Pakistani Taliban, also known as Tehrik-i Taliban Pakistan or TTP, which is separate from the Afghan Taliban, claimed responsibility.

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Balochistan is rife with ethnic, sectarian and separatist insurgencies, and a number of militant groups, including the TTP and the Balochistan Liberation Army, operate in the province.

(Reporting by Gul Yousufzai in and Saud Mahsud in DERA ISMAIL KHAN; writing by James Mackenzie; Editing by Robin Pomeroy)</s>QUETTA, Pakistan — Pakistan's military and a Taliban spokesman say four militants stormed a security forces facility in the southwestern town of Loralai, triggering a battle that left four security forces and the attackers dead.

In a statement, the military said the "terrorists," who included a suicide bomber, failed Tuesday to enter a main residential area where families of the soldiers and security forces live.

The assailants instead entered another compound near a security checkpoint, the statement said, where three of the assailants were shot and killed by troops and the fourth, the suicide bomber, detonated his explosives.

Mohammad Khurasani, spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban, claimed responsibility for the attack without giving details.</s>QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s military and a Taliban spokesman say four militants stormed a security forces facility in the southwestern town of Loralai, triggering a battle that left four security forces and the attackers…

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s military and a Taliban spokesman say four militants stormed a security forces facility in the southwestern town of Loralai, triggering a battle that left four security forces and the attackers dead.

In a statement, the military said the “terrorists,” who included a suicide bomber, failed Tuesday to enter a main residential area where families of the soldiers and security forces live.

The assailants instead entered another compound near a security checkpoint, the statement said, where three of the assailants were shot and killed by troops and the fourth, the suicide bomber, detonated his explosives.

Mohammad Khurasani, spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban, claimed responsibility for the attack without giving details.

Copyright © 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, written or redistributed.</s>RAWALPINDI: The security forces foiled at bid to attack a compound of Frontier Corps (FC) and killed four terrorists in Loralai on Tuesday. Four security personnel were martyred and two others injured in the shootout, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said.

According to media wing of Pakistan Army, the militants tried to enter a residential and administration compound of a Frontier Corps training centre in district Loralai of Balochistan.

However, the terrorists were denied entry in the compound after which they broke into a nearby checkpost, which was immediately cordoned off.

Four security personnel including Subedar Major Munawar, Havildar Iqbal Khan, Havildar Bilal and Sepoy Naqshab were martyred in firing of the assailants.

During clearance operation, the security personnel gunned down three terrorist while a suicide bomber blew himself up.

The ISPR further stated, “The valiant and timely action of security forces denied entry of terrorists into residential area which would have resulted into more number of casualties.”</s>RAWALPINDI: Security forces on Tuesday foiled a major terror attack on the residential area of Frontier Corps (FC) training camp, said Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).

Four terrorists, including a suicide bomber was killed in the attack by the paramilitary personnel in Loralai area of Balochistan, said the Army’s media wing.

According to details, the security officials intercepted the terrorists at the entrance of the residential area and gunned down three terrorists. While one of the terrorists blew himself up during the clearance operation.

Four security personnel also embraced martyrdom and two others sustained bullet wounds in the terror attack, reads the statement.

“The valiant and timely action of security forces denied entry of terrorists into residential area which would have resulted into more number of casualties,” said ISPR.

Subedar Major Munawar, Havildar Iqbal Khan, Havildar Bilal and Sepoy Naqshab embraced martyrdom in the attack, said Army’s media wing.

Earlier, two security personnel had been martyred, while three other sustained wounds as their convoy was attacked on October 25. According to reports, the convoy was ambushed in Washuk district of Balochistan, when it was on the way to Khuzdar.</s>At least four soldiers and an equal number of terrorists were killed in an attack by militants at a paramilitary training camp in Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province.

Army said that four terrorists tried to storm the Frontier Corps training center in Loralai area of the province but they were challenged by the troops. After failing to achieve the primary target, the terrorists resorted to indiscriminate fire and entered a compound close to the check-post, it said.

Nobody took responsibility for the attack but Baloch nationalists and the Taliban militants often carry out such attacks.</s>At least four security personnel were martyred and two others wounded in an attack on a training camp of the Frontier Corps in Loralai, the ISPR said Tuesday.

According to the army’s media wing, four terrorists, including a suicide bomber, were also killed in an operation by the security forces.

The martyred personnel were identified as Subedar Major Munawwar, Hawaldar Iqbal Khan, Hawaldar Bilal and Sepoy Naqeeb.

A man blew himself up during the clearance operation, the ISPR said, adding that the terrorists were stopped at the entrance of a residential area inside the training camp.

The terrorists opened indiscriminate fire when they failed to enter the area.</s>Security forces gunned down four terrorists during an attack on a residential and administration compound of a Frontier Corps training centre in Balochistan’s Loralai, said an Inter-Services Public Relations press statement on Tuesday. Four soldiers also embraced martyrdom while two were injured in the operation.

 The army’s media wing said that terrorists were denied entry at the entrance of the compound, where they resorted to indiscriminate firing and broke into a nearby checkpost, which was immediately cordoned off.

 “The valiant and timely action of security forces denied entry of terrorists into residential area which would have resulted into more number of casualties,” stated the ISPR.

 The statement said that the initial exchange of fire claimed lives of four security forces personnel while two were injured. The names of the martyrs are Subedar Major Munawar, Havildar Iqbal Khan, Havildar Bilal and Sepoy Naqshab.

 In the operation, four terrorists were shot down including one suicide bomber who blew himself at the end of the clearance operation.</s>Four security personnel were martyred during an attempt by terrorists to storm the residential and administration compound inside a Frontier Corps (FC) training centre in Balochistan's Loralai district on Tuesday, an Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) statement said.

Also, four terrorists were killed in the clearance operation undertaken by security forces following the attack.

According to the ISPR, the security personnel challenged the terrorists at the entry point of the "residential/administration compound of the training centre" and foiled their attempt to enter the facility.

Having failed to enter the residential compound, the terrorists reportedly opened indiscriminate fire and entered a compound adjacent to the checkpost which was immediately cordoned off by security forces.

The exchange of fire at the checkpost left four security personnel martyred and two others injured.

An operation was launched to neutralise the terrorists inside the compound and the four militants were subsequently shot dead. One of the attackers was a suicide bomber who blew himself up during the final stage of the clearance operation, according to the military's media wing.

"The valiant and timely action of security forces denied entry of terrorists into [the] residential area which would have resulted into more number of casualties," read the ISPR statement.

The martyred security personnel were identified as Subedar Major Munawar, Havildar Iqbal Khan, Havildar Bilal and Sepoy Naqshab.</s>LORALAI: Four security officials were martyred and two others were wounded while staving off a terrorist attack on a training centre of a paramilitary force in central Balochistan on Tuesday.

Four terrorists – including a suicide bomber – were also killed in the botched attack on the Frontier Corps training centre in Loralai district.

The heavily armed terrorists attempted to storm the residential/administration compound at the training centre, according to the military’s media wing.

However, the terrorists were challenged at the entry point and denied entry into the residential/administration compound, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement.

After failing to achieve their primary target, the terrorists resorted to indiscriminate fire and entered a compound adjacent to the check-post which was immediately cordoned off by the security forces.

“The valiant and timely action of the security forces denied the terrorists entry into the residential area which would have resulted in more casualties,” the ISPR said.

The terrorists were pinned down in the check-post by the security forces in the subsequent operation. “Four terrorists were shot down including one suicide bomber who blew himself during the final stage of the clearance operation,” the military’s media wing said.

It added that four security forces personnel were martyred and two others were injured in the initial exchange of fire at the check post.

The martyrs have been identified as Subedar Major Munawar, Havaldar Iqbal Khan, Havaldar Bilal and Sepoy Naqshab.
Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan gunmen attack a security base in the Loralai area of Pakistan, resulting in the deaths of four security guards and four terrorists, including a suicide bomber. Two guards were also injured in the attack.