Eight killed in attack on coast guards checkpost

QUETTA: Gunmen stormed a checkpoint of Pakistan coast guards in Gwadar and shot dead eight personnel.

According to sources, armed men surrounded Pashookan post of Pakistan coast guards near the town of Gwadar and gunned down eight soldier and four others were wounded.

The assailants, believed to be about a dozen, fled on motorbikes after the shooting, an official said.

No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. (Geo Urdu/AFP)