Five Frontier Corps (FC) personnel were martyred and at least 12 injured when an explosion occurred near an FC convoy in Noshki on Sunday, officials said.
According to Noshki Station House Officer (SHO) Zafarullah Sumalani, initial investigations suggest the incident was a suicide attack.
SHO Sumalani said that evidence from the site of the attack suggested that a suicide attacker rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into the FC convoy.
The injured were being shifted to the FC Camp and Noshki Teaching Hospital, where an emergency has been imposed.
SHO Sumalani feared that the death toll and number of injured would rise since several of the injured in critical condition.
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