Roadside bomb kills six soldiers in Balochistan

At least six paramilitary soldiers were killed Monday when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb in Balochistan, officials said. A separatist militant group said it planted the bomb in the Marget area, around 30 kilometres (19 miles) east of the provincial capital Quetta. "Six paramilitary soldiers have embraced martyrdom and one is injured after their vehicle passed over an IED (improvised explosive device)," a local security official told AFP.
"One of the two injured who was in critical condition died at hospital, taking the death toll to six," said spokesman Manzoor Ahmed. "We detonated a remote-controlled bomb and then ambushed the security forces personnel," said group spokesman Meerak Baloch. "This is part of our war against security forces."