Explosion in Ghotki martyrs two Rangers, citizen.

GHOTKI -- An explosion near a parked Sindh Rangers vehicle in the Ghotki Railway Station area on Friday killed three people and injured two, including paramilitary personnel.

Two Rangers personnel and a citizen were killed on the spot, said the police, adding that a civilian and a Rangers official were also injured.

According to a police official, the vehicle was on routine patrol when the incident occurred.

'Around six personnel were in the vehicle. Two of them lost their lives while one passerby, who is said to an employee of Pakistan Railways, also succumbed to his injuries,' the police officer added.

The injured and the deceased were shifted to the Tehsil Hospital for treatment and medico-legal formalities, respectively. Law enforcement agencies cordoned off the site of the incident.

Governor Imran Ismail, following the incident, telephoned DG Rangers Sindh and expressed grief at the incident.

He added that the whole nation pays tributes to the sacrifices of the security forces.

Last month, seven paramilitary troops were martyred in two separate terrorist attacks in Balochistan on May 19, which took place shortly after a similar deadly attack on security forces near the Pak-Iran border.

The two deadly attacks on the Frontier Corps (FC) in less than two weeks broke a relatively long lull in terrorist violence in Balochistan, where hostile agencies have been bankrolling and aiding terrorist groups to create instability.

'Six soldiers - including a junior commissioned officer (JCO) - were martyred when the FC patrolling team's reconnaissance vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device (IED) when it was returning...