Gwadar attack kills land official, 6 security personnel

Staff Report

QUETTA -- A naib tehsildar (tehsil land distribution official) and six Levies Force personnel were killed in an August 25 militant ambush in Gwadar District, Balochistan, while Karachi police arrested two suspected criminals, officials said.

A Levies convoy came under attack near Kuldaan Tehsil, Makran Division Commissioner Bashir Bangulzai told Dawn.

Naib Tehsildar Naeem Gichki, who served in Jewni Tehsil, and six Levies personnel were killed, Bangulzai said.

Meanwhile, Karachi police August 25 arrested a suspected target killer and a suspected extortionist, Dunya TV reported.

Elsewhere in Karachi, the para-military Rangers announced Rs. 5m (US $47,721) in head money (reward) for information leading to the capture of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) leader Syed Safdar alias Yusuf Khurasani, the Rangers said in a statement August 26, according to Geo News.

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