Gunmen stormed a checkpost before dawn on Thursday, killing six soldiers, snatching their weapons and escaping in insurgency-hit Balochistan province, officials said. Up to a dozen Baloch rebels attacked the paramilitary Frontier Corps (FC) post in the district of Dera Bugti, about 400 kilometres (250 miles) south-east of Quetta.
"The attackers came before dawn and opened fire on the soldiers after encircling the checkpost. All six soldiers were killed on the spot," a senior security official told AFP on condition of anonymity. Another security official confirmed the attack and said that about a dozen gunmen were involved in the attack. "They came on motorcycles and took away all the weapons after killing all the six FC men," he said.