Quetta: Armed men attacked and set fire to a police station in Kachhi district of Pakistan's Balochistan while unidentified men attacked a check post with hand grenades in the Western Bypass area of Balochistan's capital Quetta, local media reported on Wednesday.

According to officials, around two dozen armed men who possessed heavy weapons targeted the Khattan Police Station in Kachhi district on Tuesday evening. The attackers entered into the police station, setting fire to official documents and furniture, Pakistan's leading daily Dawn reported. Before escaping from the police station, the attackers took away two rifles, including an SMG and a G-3, along with a mobile phone and a private motorcycle.

A senior official said, "Owing to the large number of assailants, the former levies p

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