Three Frontier Corps (FC) soldiers were killed and another one was injured in an attack on Khalid check-post in the coalmine filed area of Margret area in Bolan District of Balochistan, in the evening of May 8, reports The Express Tribune. According to a statement of Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), the militants targeted FC troops deployed on security duties in Margret area. "During exchange of fire, three FC soldiers embraced shahadat (martyrdom) while one got injured," the statement added. The killed soldiers were identified as Lance Naik Syed Hussain Shah, Sepoy Faisal Mehmood and Sepoy Nauman-ur-Rehman.
Separately, four FC soldiers were injured after they were attacked by unidentified militants in Sherbandi area along the Pakistan-Iran border in Turbat District on May 9, reports The Express Tribune.