ISLAMABAD, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- A training center of local security forces was attacked by militants in southwestern Pakistan's Balochistan province, leaving at least eight people including four security personnel and four militants killed, the Pakistan Army said in a statement on Tuesday.

The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistan Army, said that the militants attempted to enter a residential area of paramilitary troops Frontier Corps' training center in Loralai area in the province and were stopped at the main gate by security forces with exchanges of firings.

"The valiant and timely action of security forces denied entry of terrorists into residential area which would have resulted in more number of casualties," said the ISPR.

During the firing, three militants were gunned down by the security forces. Another militant blew himself up when he was cornered by the troops during a clearance operation.

Two soldiers were also injured in the attack and were shifted to hospital. No group or individual has claimed the attack yet.