QUETTA (Dunya News) - Eighteen workers of a road construction company were abducted after armed attackers raided their camp in Duki district of Balochistan, while a security guard was killed and another seriously injured, according to sources.
The attack took place at a construction company’s camp in the Nana Sahib Ziarat area of Duki, sources said.
According to the sources, the attackers exchanged fire with the guards during the assault. One guard was killed, while another sustained serious injuries.
The attackers subsequently took 18 construction workers residing at the camp with them and fled the area, sources said.
Security forces have launched a search operation in the surrounding area to locate the abducted workers and trace the attackers.
Duki is situated around 315 kilometres northeast of Quetta, the capital of Balochistan.