Gunmen kill eight Pakistani security personnel in Quetta

Gunmen have ambushed army and police patrols in two separate attacks across the troubled southwestern Pakistan, killing at least eight soldiers, officials say.

Gunmen have ambushed army and police patrols in two separate attacks across the troubled southwestern Pakistan, killing at least eight soldiers, officials say.

According to paramilitary spokesman, Khan Wasey, two gunmen on a motorcycle attacked Wednesday an army vehicle in a market in Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province, killing four soldiers and wounding a civilian.

Separately, police spokesman Shahzada Farhat said four police were also shot dead by militants late Tuesday in the volatile city.

No group or individual has claimed responsibility for the killings, but pro-Taliban or Baloch militant groups have been blamed for such attacks in the past.