2 Pakistan soldiers dead

The bomb disposal team was clearing landmines in the Ankara Dam area when they were attacked on Sunday, the Dawn newspaper reported

Two soldiers were killed and four others injured when unidentified armed men opened indiscriminate fire on a Pakistan Army bomb disposal team near the port city of Gwadar in Balochistan province.

The bomb disposal team was clearing landmines in the Ankara Dam area when they were attacked on Sunday, the Dawn newspaper reported on Monday.

“The firing incident took place some 25 km from the port city (Gwadar), which claimed two lives and injured four others,” said Gwadar SSP Mohsin Zohaib, adding that after the incident, the injured were shifted to a nearby hospital.