Gunmen kill Pakistani soldier in southwest

By IRNA

Islamabad : Unidentified gunmen on Tuesday attacked a vehicle of paramilitary forces in Pakistan southwest, killing one soldier and injuring three others, witnesses and hospital sources said.

Members of the Frontier Constabulary were traveling in their official jeep when came under fire at Saryab road in Quetta, the capital of southwestern province of Balochistan.

No group claimed responsibility of the attack.

Authorities blame such attacks on anti-government Baloch insurgents.

The injured soldiers were taken to the civil hospital.

One of the injured is stated to be in critical condition.

Insurgents regularly launch attacks on security forces in the resources-rich Balochistan.

Baloch nationalists demand more royalty of the natural resources of the province.