GWADAR: Two Pakistan Navy officials were martyred and three others injured in an ambush in the coastal town of Jiwani in Gwadar district on Monday evening.

Ofñcial sources said that ñve personnel of the Pakistan Navy were travelling in an ofñcial vehicle carrying Iftar items when armed men targeted them.

`One Pakistan Navy man lost his life on the spot after receiving multiple bullet wounds while another succumbed to his injuries while being taken to a nearby health facility, Abdul Hafeez Baloch, a senior police officer, told Dawn.

Three other injured Navy of ficials were taken to hospital, he added.

The pouce ofñcer said four armed men on two motorcycles opened fire on the vehicle of the Pakistan Navy from two sides when it was on its way to the navy camp in Jiwani.

The assailants escaped af ter the incident.

A spokesman for the Pakistan Navy confirmed the incident and said two PN personnel were martyred and three others injured.

`Our two officials were martyred and three others injured in the armed attack launched by unknown armed men in the Jiwani area of Gwadar district, the spokesman said in a statement.

`Three injured Naval of ficials are being shif ted toKarachi for treatment,` he said, but did not give more details. Sources said that security forces launched a search operation in Jiwani and its surrounding areas af ter the attack.

A spokesman for the banned Baloch Liberation Army claimed responsibility for the attack.

Calling media persons in Quetta from an unknown place, he said his organisation had carried out ambush on the PN personnel.