NNA -nbsp;Four security officers were killed in a shootout in Pakistan#39;s southwestern Balochistan province on Sunday, officials said, in an attack claimed by the Pakistan Taliban.
About a dozen gunmen attacked policemen and paramilitary Frontier Constabulary officers at a highway checkpoint in Zhob district, prompting a two-hour gunbattle.
quot;Four of the security officials, including three policemen and one Frontier Corps officer, were killed in the attack. One of the suspected attackers has also been killed but not yet identified,quot; Zhob#39;s commissioner, Saeed Umrani, told AFP.
Three others were wounded, officials said.
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) later claimed the attack in a statement, identifying the attacker shot dead by police.
The TTP is separate from Afghanistan#39;s Taliban but shares a similar ideology.– AFP
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