TURBAT/NASEERABAD: Armed men torch cement truck in Turbat, storm police checkpoint and seize weapons in Naseerabad
Unidentified armed men set a cement-laden truck on fire in Turbat and stormed a police checkpoint in Nasirabad in two separate incidents in Balochistan.
In Turbat, the attackers opened fire on the truck and then set it ablaze in the Hotabad area, within the limits of the Nasirabad police station. The truck was travelling from Mand to Turbat when it was attacked.
In Naseerabad, police said unidentified armed men stormed a police checkpoint in the Manjhu Shori area, took the personnel on duty hostage and seized their government-issued weapons.
No group has so far claimed responsibility for either attacks.
