Pak starts crackdown on sectarian militants

01/07/2016

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A Pakistani investigator checks the body of a paramilitary soldier who was killed during an attack by gunmen, at a hospital in Quetta on June 29. Gunmen on a motorcycle killed four paramilitary soldiers in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta on Wednesday, a day after four policemen were killed, officials said. (AFP

QUETTA, Pakistan, June 30, (RTRS): Pakistani forces killed three militants at the start of a crackdown on sectarian militant group in the southwestern province of Baluchistan, officials said on Thursday, following a spate of attacks targeting security forces.

The extremist Sunni Muslim group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ), whose roots are in Punjab province, claimed responsibility for gunning down four policemen on Tuesday and four soldiers of the paramilitary Frontier Corps in the city of Quetta on Wednesday.

A spokesman for the paramilitary Frontier Corps said the government had decided to launch an armed operation against LeJ at a late night meeting on Wednesda

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01/07/2016