13 Killed, Six Injured In Clearance Operation In SW Pakistan

clearance operation at a military in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, May 14 (NNN-APP) – Thirteen people, including six soldiers and a civilian, were killed, and six hostages were injured, in a clearance operation at a military compound, in Pakistan’s south-west Balochistan province, a military statement said yesterday.

The operation was completed after the terrorists attacked the compound of paramilitary troops’ frontier corps, in northern Balochistan on Friday morning, the military’s media wing Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in the statement.

“The complex clearance operation involved hostage rescue operation, as well as, to save three families from a residential block. The terrorists had not even spared children of their horrendous approach,” ISPR said.

All the six well-equipped terrorists involved in the attack were killed, said the statement.