A soldier died, and seven others were injured in a landmine explosion and subsequent ambush by armed militants in the Jiwani area of Gwadar district of Pakistan, media reports said on Monday.
According to officials, Coast Guards personnel were travelling in their vehicle when it hit a landmine in the Duran area on Saturday, reports Dawn News.
After the blast, armed men on motorcycles ambushed the vehicle and opened fire.
The deceased soldier was identified as Sameer.
Hafiz Baloch, a senior police officer at the Jiwani police station, told Dawn News that the deceased and injured were moved to a nearby hospital.
Last week, a Levies soldier and a police constable died in two separate armed attacks in Bolan and Kalat areas.
In the first attack, unidentified armed men opened fire on a check post of Levies Force, dead soldier Khalid Hussain Kurd.
In the second attack, armed miscreants on motorcycles opened indiscriminate fire on a police patrol vehicle at the main highway near the Mughalzai area. The firing left three police officers injured, while constable Nazeer Ahmed Bangulzai embraced martyrdom while being taken to Quetta for treatment.
