ISLAMABAD, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- Police and paramilitary troops have killed eight insurgents in two separate encounters in east and southwest Pakistan on Tuesday, local Urdu media reported.
Dunya News said that the paramilitary troops Frontier Corps (F.C.) conducted a search operation on an intelligence tip-off regarding the presence of suspected militants in Hoshab area of the country's southwest Balochistan province.
During the raid at a suspected hideout, the militants opened fire at the F.C. personnel, engaging them into a gun battle in which three insurgents were killed.
The F.C. spokesperson said that the killed militants belonged to a local terrorist group and were planning attacks in the province.
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