Eight Levies personnel shot dead near Wadh

QUETTA: At least eight levies personnel were killed and one levies personnel was injured on Sunday when unidentified gunmen open fired at a checkpost near Wadh tehsil on the Quetta-Karachi Highway. The attack occurred at the Johar checkpost. Police personnel and rescue teams immediately reached the site of the incident and shifted the injured to Khuzdar Civil Hospital. Secretary Home and Tribal Affairs Balochistan, Akbar Hussain Durrani claimed that the area has been cordoned off as a search operation is underway. —