Islamabad, Aug 27 (IANS) Three security personnel were killed and three others injured in a landmine blast in Pakistan's Balochistan province, a government official said.

Spokesperson of the Balochistan government Liaquat Shahwani told the media that the incident took place on Thursday in the Mangi Dam area of Ziarat district when a vehicle of the paramilitary Pakistan Levies forces hit the landmine, reports Xinhua news agency.

The forces were on a routine patrol.

Following the explosion, rescue teams, police and security forces rushed to the site and shifted the bodies and the injured to a nearby hospital.

Police and security forces have cordoned off the area and launched a search operation.

So far, no group or individual has claimed the attack.

--IANS ksk/