Quetta, March 31 (NationPress) In a troubling series of events, three security personnel lost their lives while four others sustained injuries during two separate assaults in the Balochistan province of Pakistan, officials reported on Tuesday. The incidents involved an attack on a patrol unit in Quetta and a violent confrontation at a police facility in Jhal Magsi.

According to law enforcement officials, two members of the police's Eagle Squad were killed and three others were injured after they came under attack while conducting a motorcycle patrol in the Eastern Bypass region of Quetta on Monday evening. Reports indicate that unidentified assailants unleashed gunfire on the security team using automatic firearms. In response, police have initiated a search operation to locate the attackers, as highlighted by Pakistan's prominent daily, Dawn.

In another incident, armed attackers targeted the Kotra police station located in the Gandawah area of the Jhal Magsi district. During a subsequent search operation aimed at apprehending the fleeing suspects, one security personnel was killed while three others were injured. SSP Rehmatullah from the Kotra police station stated that the assailants employed rockets and other heavy weaponry during the attack.

A senior official from the district administration disclosed that the police had been on heightened alert following warnings of a potential assault.

This surge in violence comes amidst an alarming increase in attacks directed at law enforcement officials across Pakistan, particularly in the border provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan.

On March 18, an assistant sub-inspector from the Elite Force was fatally shot by unidentified gunmen in the Mano Banda area of Upper Dir district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The victim, Bacha Yousaf Khan, was reportedly ambushed outside his home as he was on his way to a mosque for prayers. He was promptly transported to a hospital, where he ultimately succumbed to his injuries. The Gandigar police have since filed a case against unknown assailants and have commenced an investigation.

Earlier, on March 13, a tragic blast claimed the lives of at least seven police personnel near a police vehicle in the Bettani tribal region of Lakki Marwat district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. According to local police representatives, the explosion occurred close to a police mobile unit, resulting in the deaths of six officers and injuring another. The injured officer was taken to the hospital but unfortunately did not survive his injuries.