At least four Frontier Corps soldiers were martyred on Monday in an explosion of an improvised explosive device in Balochistan, reported 24News HD TV channel.
The FC soldiers performing security duty were attacked by unknown terrorists in the provincial capital of Quetta, the military's media wing Inter-Services Public Relations said in the statement.
A large-scale area sanitization operation by FC Balochistan to hunt the terrorists is underway, the statement added.
Such cowardly acts by inimical elements cannot sabotage the hard-earned peace and prosperity in Balochistan. Security forces are determined to neutralize their nefarious designs even at the cost of blood and lives, said the statement.
As per details, Subedar Sardar All Khan, Sepoy Musaddaf Hussain, Sepoy Muhammad Anwar and Sepoy Awais Khan lost their lives in the attack.