ISLAMABAD, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- At least three militants, including a local commander, were killed when paramilitary troops raided their hideout in Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province on Monday, officials said.
Sarfraz Bugti, the home minister of Balochistan, said the killed militants were involved in an attack on President Momnoon Hussain's son and other terrorist activities in the province.
He said security forces gunned down the militatns in Hub district of the province on an intelligence tip-off, who were members of separatist group Balochistan Liberation army.
Bugti said the paramilitaty forces launched an operation to hunt down the militants, but they opened fire at the troops, engaging them into a gun battle.
The operation is part of the ongoing combing operation in the province, following a bomb explosion inside a hospital in Balochistan's provincial capital of Quetta on Aug. 8, which left 75 lawyers killed, and over 100 injured.
