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Gas well catches fire after rocket attack 11.11.02
Rockets hit Kohlu town 23.8.02
Rockets fired on gas installations in Dera Bugti 7.8.02

Gas well catches fire after rocket attack

A huge fire broke out in a gas well of Pakistan Petroleum Limited in Sui gas field after a rocket attack, some 450km east of here on Monday.

The incident took place late in the evening when unknown persons fired a rocket from a mountainous hideout, official sources said.

The gas supply was disrupted from the affected well to the main plant in Sui township. No casualty was reported as a result of rocket explosion.

"The gas well No 47 caught fire after the explosion," a senior PPL official confirmed to this correspondent on telephone from Sui Township. He said the engineers immediately cut off the pipeline to control the blaze.

Sources in the company said the fire was put out after a two hours' effort. "The well has been closed for the time being," they added.

The law enforcing agencies and officers of the local administration rushed to the scene of attack and started investigation. A case has been registered against unknown assailants. No arrest has so far been made.

It may be recalled that rocket attacks were a matter of routine in Sui and other gas fields of Balochistan until a few months back. They were brought to an end after the federal government deployed a heavy contingent of Frontier Corps four months ago. 11.11.02

Rockets hit Kohlu town

Two rockets on Kohlu town, official sources said. Both the rockets hit an open area. No loss of life or property was reported. However, the incident caused panic in the town.

Local people of Kohlu (Marri area) have been continuously deprived of their basic human and economical rights for last 54 years in Pakistan, it is not the first time that the people of this area and other areas of Balochistan have been forced to such a limit that they have no other option except to fight for their defence.

Every time when the people of Balochistan have asked for their equal rights and due share in development. The might of the Pakistani Punjabi Army has been unleashed to subdue and crush any Baloch Nationalist sentiment, which might pose a threat to the Punjab’s exploitation of Balochistan.

These series of rocket attacks on Frontier Corps (FC) and militia posts are evidence of the local people of Balochistan have been driven to the brink, having been left with no other option except to fight to defend their lives, their rights. 23.8.2002

Rockets fired on gas installations in Dera Bugti

Several rockets fired in Chakram area of Dera Bugti however no loss of life or property reported.
The reports suggested that more than a dozen rockets were fired on the gas installations in the area on early Tuesday morning. However the rockets narrowly missed the targets and no damage was caused to the gas installations.

It is the first rocket attack after the recent standoff between the Bugti tribe and the military regime over the gas exploration and production in the area.

Bugti tribe has expressed its reservations that the military regime had not taken any practical measures so far to implement the recent accord. 7.8.02

Gas pipeline damaged near Loti

QUETTA 28.5.02: A gas pipeline of Loti gas field in Dera Bugti’s tribal area was damaged late Tuesday when unknown armed men hit the pipeline with bursts of automatic weapons.

According to the reports the firing damaged the pipeline and disrupted gas supply for several hours. Police has registered a case and is looking for the accused. However, no arrest is reported as yet.

It may be mentioned due to constant oppression of the Baloch people by the Punjabi rulers and the army.
The unequal distribution of recourses between Punjab and Balochistan and constant exploitation of Balochistan’s mineral and other recourses by Punjab.

After trying every possible means but with no luck, once again the people of Balochistan have been driven to take up arms for their rights. That is why that the attacks on gas installations and pipelines and other such incidents have increased many folds during the recent months/years.

Eight rockets land near DCO Kohlu office

QUETTA: Two people were injured when eight rockets, fired by unknown attackers, landed near the office of the District Coordinating Officer (DCO), Kohlu district, some 470 km off here, on Friday.

According to details, all the rockets were fired from the Jindran mountain and fell at different places near the DCO office in New Killi.

One of the rockets hit the main power supply line and eventually plunged the whole area into darkness, sources said and added two persons Muhammad Zarif and Hamdan Khan sustained multiple injuries when the splinters of the rockets hit them.

The police told The News by telephone that this was the first incident in Kohlu district when within 15 minutes some eight rockets were fired.

The unrest in Marri area and rest of Balochistan is due to the exploitative nature of Punjabi Pakistan. Resulting in inequality and injustice done to the Baloch people by the Punjabi army and the establishment for the last 54 years.

After trying for many years to get social, political and economical equality in Pakistan but continuously being denied these basic rights.
Now the nationalist elements have been forced to take up arms and fight their rights.

As long as Punjabi Pakistan dose not address these matters seriously and don’t solve them, the grievances of the local population of Balochistan is going to grow and the conflict is going to grow, which can result in disintegration of Pakistan.

Once before Punjab has sacrificed Pakistan for its interests resulting in braking up of Bangladesh from Pakistan. Which was due to keeping the supremacy of Punjab in rest of Pakistan. Now once again Punjab is walking the same path.

Rocket attack on gas installations

QUETTA: Some unidentified terrorists fired six rockets on a gas installation in Sui area on Tuesday however no loss of life or property reported.

According to the reports the rockets were fired from a nearby hill. Levies have registered a case and are looking for the accused. However, no arrest is reported as yet.

During the recent weeks there were many incidents of rocket attacks in the area, but the local administration has failed in identifying the accused and ensuring the security of the gas installations.

Rockets fired on FC posts

QUETTA: Some unidentified terrorists fired two rockets on a post of Frontier Corps near Mach. However, no loss of life or property was reported.

The FC sources said that the rockets landed near the post during the night between Friday and Saturday.
Levies have registered a case and investigations are in progress. However, no arrest is reported as yet.

Rocket damages gas well in Dera Bugti

QUETTA, 21.4.02: A gas well of the Oil and Gas Development Corporation (OGDC) received damage when unknown armed men fired rockets in Pir Koh area of Dera Bugti district, some 450km east of here, early on Sunday, official sources said.

"A rocket hit the gas well No 14 which caught fire," senior officials in Sui said on being contacted by this correspondent.

Sources said that rockets were fired around 3am from the hilly area of Pir Koh and one of them landed near gas well No 14 and exploded. Some splinters of the rocket hit the well, which caught fire. However, the OGDC engineers suspended the gas supply from the damaged well.

The OGDC's staff, with the help of local administration, controlled the fire after an hour's effort. The repair work has begun and the gas supply is slated to be restored within 24 hours, the sources said.

The local administration has registered a case against unknown people involved in the rocket firing. No arrests have yet been made. It may be recalled here that over one dozen rocket firing incidents has been reported over the last two months in different gasfields of Dera Bugti, in which at least four gas wells were damaged partially.

Another Rocket attack on gas pipeline

QUETTA 8.4.02: Some unidentified people damaged gas pipeline near Sui by firing rockets and sub machineguns, official sources said.

Engineers and technicians of Gas Company have started the repairs of the pipeline, however the gas supply from the nearby Sui gas field is suspended.

Law enforcing agencies have arrested three accused namely Karim Dad, Abdul Rehman and Bakhshi Khan. All of them belong to a local tribe.

There have been several incidents of rocket attacks on gas installations during the last few weeks. But, the law enforcing agencies have failed in busting the gangs operating in the area and providing security to the labour working in the gas fields.

Explosion rocks Marri tribal area

QUETTA, April 6.02: A powerful bomb explosion rocked Kohlu township of Marri tribal agency late on Saturday night while two land-mines, planted at the main road linking the tribal agency with the rest of the province, near Chamalang area , were defused, official sources said.

Unknown armed men also opened fire on the office of the District Coordination Officer (DCO) and a petrol pump, the sources said.

The explosion in Kohlu created panic among the area people.

"A time device was planted at the rear of a shop in the main Bazaar," the sources said, adding no loss of life or limb was reported as the bomb went off late in the night. With the explosion, the shop caught fire which was completely destroyed before the fire brigade reached the scene of blast.

Earlier, on a tip-off, the local administration recovered two land-mines and defused them before they could explode.

The sources said that some unknown armed men exchanged fire with the law enforcement agencies at a petrol pump. However, the assailants escaped later on.

Levies constable killed; Gas pipeline damaged again

QUETTA: A Levies constable was killed and another wounded seriously when unknown armed men opened fire on a police team patrolling in the Mach area about 60 km from here, official sources said on Thursday.
Maula Bukhsh, a constable of Levies received multiple bullet injuries when their patrol party was ambushed near Mach. He was rushed to the hospital but he succumbed to his wounds at the Civil Hospital Quetta.
Another Levies official Yar Muhammad who also received bullet wounds is stated to be in precarious condition at the hospital.

In another incident some unidentified terrorists fired at the gas pipeline near Loti in Dera Bugti area and disrupted the flow of gas. The pipeline was repaired a day earlier after being damaged in a fire caused by rocket attack on the gas well.

Police and Levies are looking for the accused but so far no arrest is reported. The terrorist activities have increased many folds during the recent weeks while the military government has miserably failed in busting terrorist gangs in the province.

Loti gas well catches fire in rocket attack

QUETTA 3.4.01: Fire was broke out at a gas well of Oil and Gas Development Corporation (OGDC) in Loti area of Dera Bugti district when two rockets were hit the well, some 500 km east of here, on Tuesday evening.

According to official sources unknown people fired few rockets out which two were landed and exploded near the well No: 5. After the explosion the pipeline supplying gas from the well caught fire, which also caused some damage to the well.

“Gas supply was suspended from the said well after damaging the pipeline,” a senior official of the law enforcement agency told this correspondent when reached by telephone in Sui.

Sources said that fire was controlled after two hours efforts by the staff of the OGDC and local administration. “ Well is safe,” official sources said adding that engineers arrived at the site and started repair of the damaged pipeline and gas well.

The local administration after the incident dispatched heavy contingent of law enforcement agencies to the area from where rockets were fired. However, no arrest was reported so far in this connection.
Security was increased in the gas field area of Loti and Sui after rocket firing incidents. It may be recalled here that it was the third major rocket attack in Loti and Sui area at the gas well.

Two weeks ago unknown people fire four rockets at a well of Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL), which landed near a gas, well No: 22. However, the well remains safe despite explosion of the rockers.

Last week some unknown armed people opened fire on the law enforcement agency personnel in Loti area killing one member of the law enforcement agency and injuring other.

Unidentified gunmen hit train Near Sibi

QUETTA 31.3.02: Unidentified gunmen opened fire on a goods train at Gadalar Railway station near Sibi on Sunday night, said Railway officials here Monday.

According to details, a Railway goods train was going from Quetta to Sibi last night. When it reached between Panir and Gadalar Railway stations, some unidentified gunmen opened fire damaging engine.

However, the driver and the fireman escaped unhurt. Receiving the information, law-enforcing agencies rushed to the site and closed the railway route.

However, after a few hours, the route was reopened for trains after green signal by the civil administration. No arrests were made in this connection, however, search was on to trace and arrest the culprits.

BLA claims responsibility for carrying out an attack on the FC

In an email sent to Balochvoice by a group calling themselves BLA clamed responsibility for carrying out an attack between Mach and Kondlan, inflicting heavy casualties on the (FC Frontier Core). The attack was in retaliation for the murder of its members near Kalat on the 7.1.02.

The email read that they will continue their struggle against the Punjabi establishment, army and its stooges until they liberate Balochistan from this repressive and fascistic Pakistan.

And it said:
“Baloch blood spilled by Punjabis, its Army, and their stooges (CHAMCHAS) will not go unforgotten and un-avenged. All responsible for the sufferings of Baloch and Balochistan, will be held responsible and accountable.
We will fight with fascistic Punjabi establishment till Victory.
May the souls of Baloch martyrs rest in peace.” Date 30.3.02

Unidentified-armed person target railway engine

SIBI 8.2.02: Some unidentified-armed person fired on the railway engine on the way from Quetta to Sibbi leaving it badly damaged. As per details, some armed person opened indiscriminate fire on railway engine No 3836 at 2400 hours on the night between Tuesday and Wednesday near Paneer railway station while it was on its way from Quetta to Sibbi.

The engine was damaged totally. The driver Abdul Ghaffar and Fireman Muhammad Bashir escaped miraculously. The traffic on this track remained disrupted for about two hours, which was restored later. Police have started search for the culprits.

One FC soldier killed, two injured in Uch gas field attack

QUETTA 23.3.01: A Frontier Corps (FC) soldier was killed, two others seriously injured, and two were abducted in an attack by unknown terrorists at Uch gasfield in Dera Murad Jamali.

A team of the FC headed by an IG has reached the spot to recover the abducted personnel and to arrest the culprits. According to details, some unidentified armed persons attacked Uch gasfield with sophisticated rocket launchers and machine guns.

Akbar Khan son of Muhammad Gul, an FC personnel was killed on the spot as a result of intense firing, a soldier Ilam Khan Khattak and Noor Muhammad, a driver of the Oil and Gas Development Corporation (OGDC) were seriously injured. They were rushed to Civil Hospital, Jacobabad for treatment.

The attackers abducted two FC personnel, Nauroz Ali and Khurram Khan with their official G-3 rifles. A grand operation for the recovery of abducted personnel and arrest of criminals will be launched in the next 24 hours, the sources said.

Earlier, some miscreants had fired rocket on Sui gas field and gas installations a couple of days ago. Police and law enforcing agencies have so far failed in arresting the accused involved in these terrorist activities.

7 rockets hit Sui town & gas installations

QUETTA 20.3.01: Some unknown persons fired seven rockets on the natural gas installations in Sui town during the night between Monday and Tuesday. However, the rockets landed in the open ground causing no damage.

According to report reaching here seven rockets were fired one after the other from nearby hills that landed near the gas well number 7. However, these rockets caused no damage either to life and property. The personnel of law enforcing agencies returned fire while the attackers escaped.

Police has registered a case and the investigations are in progress. However, no arrest is reported as yet.

Driver hurt as rockets fired on two trucks

QUETTA 8.2.02: A truck overturned and its driver sustained injuries when terrorists fired rockets on two trucks carrying coal from Chamalang in Marri area on Friday.

Eyewitness accounts confirmed that one of the trucks loaded with coal overturned after being hit by a rocket. The incident took place at Killi Bori, between Barkhan and Rakhni, when unidentified terrorists lobbed two rockets and opened indiscriminate fire on the trucks.

The injured driver was identified as Dullay Shah who was taken to Civil Hospital Barkhan for treatment. Levies, a sort of tribal police has initiated investigations and looking for the culprits.

The terrorist attacks on public and private property in Balochistan have increased many folds during the recent weeks denying all the claims of the ruling government that they had eradicated terrorism from the province.

Three rockets hit Quetta

QUETTA 11.12.01: Unknown armed men fired three rockets in the early hours of Monday that landed at three different places in the provincial capital. However, no loss of life or property was reported. Unknown armed men fired three rockets from Sariab area that fell in Chaman Railway Crossing area, Inscomb Road and Kassi Road.

The rockets caused big bangs when most of the dwellers of the provincial capital were asleep or were preparing for Sehri. Soon after the incident military and paramilitary forces started patrolling the provincial capital. Officials of the administration and police reached the scene and started probe into the matter. However, no arrests were made till our going to the press.

QUETTA BOMB BLAST: Death toll rises to 3

QUETTA 28.10.01: Three people were killed and 18 wounded on Sunday when a bomb exploded on a bus in Quetta, reports said.

The explosives fitted in a transistor radio went off as the bus was on its way to Hanna Hurak lake, some 10 km from Quetta. Two people were killed on the spot while the third victim died in hospital, reports added.

Two rockets fired on Quetta Cantonment

QUETTA, 17.10.01: Two rockets were fired on the cantonment area of Quetta on Wednesday at around 5pm, one of the rockets fell near the Ajabgul bridge adjacent to a army check post, and the second one fell in the ordnance depot.

No loss of life or property reported yet, the rockets were fired by a timer device fitted to it officials said. It is not clear who is behind the rockets attacks which have been going on for more one and a half years now.

Two rockets fired in Quetta

QUETTA, 24.9.01: Two blind rockets were lobbed on the cantonment area of Quetta fired by some unidentified persons on Monday night, officials said.

However, no loss of life was reported in both the attacks, police sources confirmed. One of the rockets landed and exploded in a house near Jinnah Ground on Tufail Road damaging a wall and the window glasses. It caused injuries to no one.

QUETTA :24 killed in landmine blasts in one year

QUETTA, 11.9.01: Twenty-four people have been killed and around four dozen injured in landmine explosions in different areas of the Kohlu tribal agency during the last one year.

This was claimed by a spokesman for the Council of Bijarani Elders Kohlu Agency in a statement issued here on Tuesday.

"Around 17 landmines were exploded in various areas during one-year time taking 24 lives," the spokesman said, adding that the administration had defused five landmines before the explosion.

He said that out of 24 victims, 20 people belonged to Marri tribes. He said that several trucks, passenger coaches, pick-ups, tractors and water tanks were also targeted by the terrorists.

The spokesman expressed dismay over the performance of the law-enforcement agencies and said that despite the large number killing in landmine explosions no terrorist could be arrested so far.

He demanded of the provincial government to take tough measures for stopping these terrorist acts and the people involved in these criminal activities should be arrested.

Rockets hit Quetta Cantt

QUETTA, 10.9.01: Quetta Cantonment came under attack on Monday when two rockets landed in the area but failed to cause loss of life or damage to property, official sources said.

The first rocket landed and exploded in an open place near Chaman Housing Scheme. It disrupted electric supply to the area as it damaged electric wires. The second rocket landed and exploded in the backyard of a small house owned by a lady teacher Bushra of Federal Government Public School near Combined Military Hospital after an interval of ten minutes.

The family members of lady teacher were sitting in the room when the rocket exploded in the backyard of the house. However, no body was hurt.

The rockets damaged windowpanes of some houses in both the localities. "It could not be known from where these rockets were fired," a senior police officer said adding that investigation was in progress.

Two injured in rocket attack

QUETTA: Two persons were injured when unknown armed men fired three rockets at a truck at Barkhan on Saturday, official sources confirmed. The officials from Kohlu told The News that the truck was on its way from Kohlu to Punjab, when unknown armed men opened fire from Klashnikovs.

They also fired three rockets at the truck. Consequently, two persons, driver and cleaner of the truck, sustained multiple injuries. The truck damaged completely in the attack. The assailants fled.

Fire suspends gas supply to Quetta

QUETTA 1.9.01: A fire broke out in Killi Sarda at Sariab Road here on Friday night, after a gas pipeline explosion. The explosion, said to be a subversive activity, suspended the supply of Sui gas to Quetta and some other parts of Balochistan, including Mastung, Kuchlak and Pishin.

The fire brigade reached the scene and put out the fire after turning off the main valve of the gas supply from Hazargunji. No loss of life was reported.

Rockets fired at power supply lines in Loralai

QUETTA, 24.8.01: Three rockets were fired on the 132kv Rakhni Barkhan power transmission line in Loralai district causing disruption of power supply to the area for several hours, on Friday said a spokesman of the Quetta Electricity Supply Company.

He said that with the destruction of transmission line, power supply was disrupted to 132kv Barkhan Grid Station, 33kv Kohlu Grid Station and 33kv Mawind Grid Station. "We have dispatched engineers and other staff with necessary equipment to repair the damaged to the transmission line," a spokesman said adding that power supply to the affected areas would be restored in the next 12 hours. According to reports power supply had not been restored until Friday night.

Official sources told Dawn that some unknown persons fired shots with automatic weapons at passing trucks. The truck driver Sardar Mohammad, and two other persons sitting in the truck received multiple injuries. The three injured were rushed to the local hospital and were later transferred to civil hospital Loralai. The two other injured were identified as Mohammad Farooq and Fayyaz.

Bomb blast near Quetta

QUETTA 22.8.01: More than one explosive devices, planted near the electric poles, went off at Kolpur, some 40 kilometres off here, sources said on Tuesday. The devices believed to be bombs exploded with big bang causing panic amongst the residents of the area. Due to the explosion, the electric poles were badly damaged.

Surprisingly, the power supply in the area remained undisturbed, sources said.Talking to The News, the residents of the area informed that they had heard six explosions. On being informed, the officials of district administration and Levies rushed to the scene and started probe into the matter.

Three die in bomb blast in Quetta

QUETTA 14.8.01: Three people killed and sixteen others injured, four of them seriously, when a bomb exploded at a busy market place here on Monday.

The explosive device was apparently fitted in a bicycle, police said. The explosion took place around 8.05 p.m. in Sheikhan street off Toghi Road near Delite Cinema in down town.

Those injured were rushed to Civil Hospital for medical treatment. Four of the wounded persons are stated to be in critical condition.

So far no group has claimed the responsibility of the bombing. The police has registered case against unidentified terrorists and investigations are in progress.

Two rockets land in Kohlu

QUETTA 29.7.01: Unknown armed men fired two rockets, which landed at two different places in district Kohlu, some 470 kilometres from the provincial capital, on Sunday 29.7.01.

One of the rockets landed near the Frontier Corps (FC) check-post while the second one fell at an abandoned place in Barkhan. However, no loss of life or property was reported.

On being informed, the district administration officials and Levies personnel reached the spots and started probe into the matter.

FC man injured in Kahan mine blast

QUETTA 21.7.01: A sepoy of Frontier Corps (FC) was injured critically when a landmine exploded in Kahan Tehsil of District Kohlu, 470 kilometers from here on Friday night. An official of the district administration said that the FC man accidentally stepped at the landmine at Kahan Road, which exploded with a big bang. The injured was shifted to a hospital for medical treatment.

2 rockets fired on Quetta city

QUETTA 17.7.01: The Provincial Capital Quetta was rocked when two powerful rockets exploded in different areas of the city with brief interval, on Monday, police said. However, no one either killed or injured in the rocket attacks, Deputy Commissioner, Quetta, Arif Elahi said adding the only some parts of an under construction house were damaged.

According to sources the first rocket fired unknown miscreants landed at a under construction house in Killi Shabu around 1 P.M and exploded with big bang resulting in making big hole in the newly constructed boundary wall and damaging the rood of the house.

However, no body was present in the house when rocket landed at the roof of the house owned by Nazir Ahmed supervisor of the Sui Southern Gas Company, an eyewitness said.

The Commissioner and police officials were busy in investigation the first rocket explosion in Killi Shabu during which another rocket was exploded in an open ground near the office of the Inspector General Prisoner Balochistan. Powerful rocket explosion created panic in the thickly populated area of Killi Ismail and Shahbez Town.

However, despites rush hours as many schools and Federal and Provincial government offices were located in the area no human loss was reported. A big ditch was created in the ground where rocket was exploded. Soon after the rocket explosion local administration Army and police officials rushed to the site and cordon off the whole area.

Glasses of building in the vicinity were also damaged due to the power explosions. “The rocket used in the attack were 107 mm which could hit its target up to 5 to 8 km,” an explosive expert of the police department said.
A senior police officer that was investigating the rocket attack incidents said that the rockets were fired from the eastern bypass area of the Provincial capital. Police also succeed to find out the place from where both the rockets were fired by unknown miscreants.

A case has been registered against unknown persons in the connection in further investigation was in progress. However, no arrest was reported so far in this regard. It may be recalled her that it was the first that miscreants fired rocket in day light while all other rocket attacks were made in the late evening or late in the night.

QUETTA: Bomb explosionin Quetta

QUETTA, 27.6.01: Provincial capital Quetta was rocked when a powerful bomb exploded at Hali road near Balochistan High Court Building on Wednesday afternoon.

The local-made bomb was planted near the boundary wall of the Serena Hotel. However, no causality or loss of property was recorded despite rush hours.

The blast took place at 3.05pm resulting in smashing window glasses of the shops and offices situated in the Serena shopping area. Some windowpanes of the hotel's rooms were also broken.

Deputy commissioner, Arif Elahi, and senior police officers rushed to the blast site along with heavy contingent of police.

The boundary wall of the hotel was slightly damaged. A man was brought to civil hospital as he received minor injury.

The bomb disposal squad conducted a search in the whole area. However no other device was recovered from the area. The bomb disposal official said that it was a local made powerful bomb, which rocked the whole city.

QUETTA: Bulldozer destroyed in grenade attack

QUETTA, 16.6.01: A bulldozer was completely destroyed when unknown persons attacked official machinery with hand-grenades at Kohlu-Sibi road on Friday night, official sources said.

According to sources, unknown persons attacked the bulldozer parked at roadside with other machinery. They threw two powerful bombs on the machinery, which exploded, resulting in complete destruction of the bulldozer. However, no loss of life was reported. A case has been registered against unknown attackers and investigation is in progress. No arrest was reported.

It may be recalled here that two rockets were fired at the checkpoint of Frontier Corps in Kahan area of Kohlu district the other day. Later, FC personnel arrested three persons after heavy exchange of fire. Two persons received bullet injuries in the firing. The Kahan levies also took three more persons into custody in this regard.

Bomb attack in Kohlu

QUETTA 16.6.01: An official bulldozer was destroyed when unknown armed men hurled two powerful bombs at Sibi-Arand Road in Kohlu district, sources said on Saturday. The sources said that the bulldozer was parked near the under-construction Sibi-Arand road.

Rockets land near FC check post

QUETTA 14.6.01: Unidentified persons on Wednesday fired two rockets from unknown direction landed near the Frontier Corps (FC) check post at Kahan Tehsil of district Kohlu, some 470 kilometres off here.

However, no loss of life or property was reported. On being informed, the officials of the administration rushed to the scene and started probe into the incident.

QUETTA: Three die in landmine explosions

QUETTA, 10.6.01: Three persons were killed and five others, including Tehsildar, were injured in two landmine explosions on Sunday in Kahan area of Kohlu Agency, some 500km east of here, official sources said.

They said the first landmine explosion took place at Wadera Jhanian Khan road in Kahan area where two Marri tribesmen identified as Fazal Khan and Jafar Khan were killed.

The second incident occurred near Nasui when the Tehsildar Kahan was travelling to inspect the spot of the first landmine. The driver of Tehsildar, identified as Mohammad Yaqoob, died on the spot while Tehsildar Mohammad Yousaf and four sepoys of Balochistan Reserve Police (BRP) suffered serious injuries.

All the injured were rushed to local hospital and later they were shifted to Kohlu. Hospital sources said that the condition of two injured was serious.

Around two dozen landmine explosions had taken place in different areas of Kohlu Agency. About one dozen people including women have been killed and several injured in the explosions during last one year.

One injured in land mine explosion

QUETTA 3.6.01: A tractor driver was serious injured when a land mine was exploded in Tali village, some 180 km east of here, on Saturday, official sources said. The land mine was planted in a jungle where five tractors of the Forest Department were working during which a tractor was hit with land mine, which exploded with big bang.

Tractor driver Abdul Wakeel seriously injured in the explosion while tractor was completely destroyed. Deputy Commissioner Sibi Dr. Saqib Aziz and other officials rushed to tali and removed the injured driver to Civil Hospital where he was admitted. Bomb disposal squad also rushed to the site and started searching the whole area.

However, no other land mine or other device was recovered from the area. Police has registered a case against unknown terrorists, no arrest was reported till late evening in this connection.

Two FC men among five shot dead in Kohlu ambush 40

QUETTA: Two non commissioned officers of the Frontier Corps were among five persons ambushed and killed by unidentified assailants in Kohlu Agency, official sources said. Heavily armed assailants were presumably waiting for their target and opened fire when their vehicle reached at a Nullah on Sari Kaur, the official sources said. A party of contractor, engineer and a labourer, escorted by two non commissioned FC officers, were moving Kahan, headquarters of Marri Tribe, to Kohlu when they were ambushed and killed.

They were riding a private jeep of the contractor. Five of them died on the spot while one of the Sepoys sustained bullet injuries in the ambush, Lt-Col Afsar Azam Malik told newsmen. He confirmed that it was pre-planned terrorist attack aiming at lives of the people passing the area. Five of the victims died on the spot while another sepoy sustained injuries.

They were identified as Hawaldar Abdul Majeed Khan and Naik Inayatullah, Sub-Divisional Officer Javed, Contractor Iftikhar and labourer Manzoor while the injured Mazhar, a Sepoy was taken to Civil Hospital, Kohlu, with multiple bullet wounds. The FC personnel belonged to the Maiwand Rifles, a Wing of the Frontier Corps in Balochistan deployed in Marri area for maintenance of law and order. Lt. Col Afsar Azam confirmed that a manhunt was launched to nab those responsible for killing.

Members of the Maiwand Rifles, Balochistan Reserve Police, Balochistan Levies and other law enforcing agencies are participating in the manhunt for the culprits, official sources said. All the dead received multiple bullets which caused their instant death, hospital sources said.

There were many incidents in the recent weeks in which a score of people lost their lives. No one claimed the responsibility for the ambush which took place near Sari Kaur. Earlier, unknown people lobbed blind rockets and laid landmines which caused death and destruction on roads in Marri Tribal Area. But Friday’s attack was considered a perfect ambush which took the toll of five precious lives on the spot while the sixth injured with multiple bullet wounds.

The Government sources merely stated the incident which took place at Sari Kaur and offered no comments, nor the investigators were ready to talk to the newsmen on the issue. However, it is considered a serious turn in maintenance of law and order in Kohlu Agency with the security forces started the operation to arrest those responsible for the ambush.

Two rockets exploded in Maiwand 38

QUETTA 31.5.01: two rockets were exploded in Maiwand area of Kohlu Agency late on Wednesday night, official sources said. However, there was no report of any causality or other loss as both the rockets landed and exploded in the open place near a Frontier Corps Post.

Sources said that both the rocket were Russian made and fired from the distance of at least four to five km. However, the terrorist remained failed to hit their target.

In the meanwhile local administration of Maiwand Township, taken 18 suspects into custody for investigation. According to another report reaching here from Kohlu said that levies has recovered a live bomb from the Civil Hospital area which was placed near boundary wall of the hospital.

Bomb disposal experts after taking the bomb in their custody defused it. No arrest was reported in this connection.

Quetta rocked by rocket attack

QUETTA 28.5.01: Provincial Capital Quetta was rocked in the wee hours of Monday when a rocket fired by unknown persons, exploded at a link road near Askari Park, police said. According to police the rocket was exploded around 3.40-a.m. near old coal depot in Cantonment area causing a three feet ditch in a link road.

However, there was no report of any casualty or any other serious damage in the area when rocket landed and exploded. A senior police officer said. The windowpanes of various houses of Chaman Housing Society, and another colony were smashed.

The people of the area came out of their house soon after the explosion. Local authorities and police rushed to the area soon after receiving information about the rocket explosion and started investigation. “T he rocket might be fired from eastern bypass area of the city,” an investigation officer of police department said adding investigation in this connection is under progress.

It was the second rocket attack in this area during last week time. Bijli road police has registered a case against unknown culprits in this regard. However, no arrest was reported so far.

Quetta rocked by blasts

QUETTA 26.5.01: Two powerful explosions in different parts of the city rocked the Provincial Capital late on Friday night. Both the blasts occurred with brief intervals, police said.

The first bomb exploded at Najamuddin Road around 9.45 p.m., which was planted in a dustbin of Quetta Municipal Corporation. The powerful explosion shattered windowpanes of all the buildings around the blast site.

However, there was no causality or other loss was reported in the blast, police official told reporters. The second bomb blast occurred at Rambagh area near Zarghoon Road around 10 p.m. the bomb was placed near a house wall.
The wall of the house was damaged while window and doors of some houses were also damaged. The police, bomb disposal squad and local administration rushed to the sites of explosions and started investigation.

“Both the bombs were local made,” a senior officer of the local administration told newsmen adding that some disgruntled elements were behind these explosion who wanted to create panic and harassment among the people.
Police have registered a case against unknown terrorists. However, no arrest was reported in this connection till late night.

BPLF claims responsibility

QUETTA 10.5.01: The Baluch People’s Liberation Front (BPLF) has claimed that it had carried out the rocket attack on the Chinese Oil and Gas exploration team in Sunny region.

A message e- mailed to Balochistan Express shortly before mid-night on Wednesday night said that the BPLF would continue to carry out such attacks on survey teams and not allow anyone to plunder it resources.

A Driver Bacha Khan was killed, three others, a Chinese engineer and two of his Levy guards were injured in a rocket attack on Monday night. They belonged to the Geophysics Prospers, a company hired by the Premier Oil Company for undertaking surveys and exploration work.

The local administration has rounded up a number of people, including notables for questioning. The administration officials did not disclose their names. The work on carrying out surveys for exploration of oil and gas discontinued following the rocket attack.

Bomb blasts rock Quetta

QUETTA, 24.4.01: Two powerful bomb explosions in various parts of the city rocked the provincial capital late on Tuesday evening. No casualty or major damage was reported, police officials said. The blasts shattered windowpanes of the buildings near the explosion sites.

However, a 12-year-old girl Hina was brought to the civil hospital unconscious but doctors said she is out of danger and after providing medical aid she is allowed to go home.

The first blast occurred in a small street of the Jamiat-Ray road at 9.35 pm. The second explosion occurred in the backyard of a Hindu temple a little later.

Bomb blasts rock Quetta: Civil Secretariat, Commissioner's office targeted; six people hurt

QUETTA: Three successive powerful bomb blasts rocked Quetta on Monday leaving six people injured, two of them seriously, police said. The bombs exploded one after another within a span of 50 minutes in the premises of Balochistan Civil Secretariat and Commissioner Quetta Office in the afternoon. The injured included a section officer.

The bomb disposal squad confirmed to The News that one of the explosive devices, which went off in the Civil Secretariat, was a high-power explosive metallic bomb and weighed over two pounds. The bomb exploded a few yards away from the office of Chief Secretary Balochistan.

The other two devices went off in the ministerial block of the Civil Secretariat and in the corridor of the commissioner office. Eyewitnesses said moments after the explosions people and government officials were seen running here and there for safety.

The commissioner office was rocked with a big bang when a powerful explosive device exploded at around 2:36 pm. Most of the staff had left the office for Zuhr prayers. Commissioner Quetta division Marjan Khan was in his office at that time. As a result of the explosion a canteen boy, Ahmedullah sustained injuries caused by splinters.

The bomb was planted under the stairs and some 10 yards away from the commissioner's room. The explosion was so powerful that it smashed all doors and windowpanes of the office. Soon after the incident senior officials of the local administration and police reached the scene and shifted the injured boy to Civil Hospital.

Another explosion took place in block No 1 of the Balochistan Civil Secretariat at around 3:07 pm, injuring five persons, including Section Officer Haji Abdullah. The other injured were identified as Zafar Ahmed, Ghulam Murtaza Shoaib Ahmed and an unknown man. They were shifted to the hospital where the condition of two of them was stated to be critical.

The explosion took place near the telex room some eight yards away from the room of the chief secretary. The explosive device was so powerful that many doors and windowpanes of the block were damaged.
The chief secretary was present in his office at that time. Bomb disposal squad Inspector Rafoo Jan Mandokhel told The News that the explosive device, which went off in Block No 1, was a metallic bomb weighing over two pounds. He said the bomb caused a one and a half feet deep crater.

The third bomb exploded in the ministerial block under the air-conditioner of the home secretary. The official was out of his office. It also smashed windowpanes and doors of the block. No loss of life was reported in the third explosion.

It was the 10th bombing incident in the province in 54 days since the government announced de-weaponisation drive on March 1. In the earlier explosions five persons, including three students of a religious school, were killed.

Balochistan Chief Secretary Maj (retd) Muhammad Ashraf Nasar, the home secretary, the commissioner Quetta division, the IG Police and other senior officials of the police and local administration rushed to the spots. Heavy contingents of police cordoned off the areas as the officials of Special Branch's bomb disposal squad examined the type of explosive. Officials of the Balochistan government refused to comment on the blasts.

Meanwhile, in a press note issued here on Monday night, the deputy commissioner Quetta said a locally made bomb exploded in the corridor of the commissioner Quetta office at around 2:40 pm. Later after a short interval two more explosions took place in the Civil Secretariat which smashed windowpanes. Four persons also received minor injuries in the blasts and "the situation is totally under control". The press note further stated that the law enforcement agencies were endeavouring to apprehend the unidentified terrorists involved in the explosions.

AFP adds: No one immediately claimed responsibility for the blasts. Police had no immediate clues about the motive but administration officials, who did not want to be identified, said the explosions followed arrests of more than 100 people from the ethnic Baloch tribe of Marri. The arrests in the past few weeks were made in connection with the murder of a senior provincial high court judge, Mir Mohammad Nawaz Marri, in January. The slain judge's family had implicated chief of the Marri tribe Nawab Khair Bakhsh Marri and his five sons in the killing. The Marri tribe's chief is under police custody while his sons have gone underground and a local court has declared them absconders.
APP adds: Deputy Commissioner Quetta has ordered that no vehicle will enter into the secretariat without checking while no private vehicles will be allowed in commissioner and deputy commissioner's offices from April 25 (Tuesday).

Four more rockets land into Sui

Some unknown persons fired four rockets into the Sui area late on Friday night, 400 kilometres east of the provincial capital, official sources said.

Sources said that one rocket hit and destroyed the water tower that supplies drinking water to the Sui Gas installation area. And another landed and exploded near an iron grill of the Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) causing some damage to the office building.

Two rockets landed and exploded in a field; no casualties were reported.

"We have no idea who fired the rockets," a senior official of the Sui administration said adding that a case has been registered against the unknown terrorists.

Last week levies seized five unexploded rockets from Sui, fired by four men on motorbikes who managed to flee when confronted. Rockets also fell near Sui airport but no loss of life and property was reported; levies found another unexploded rocket from the same area. 10.3.01

Another rocket hits Quetta

Another rocket was fired on Quetta city late Monday that exploded at Archer Road hitting a three-storey building close to the busy Liaquat Bazaar.

However, no casualty was reported in the rocket explosion, a senior police officer said. He added that the powerful explosion caused some damages to the newly-constructed building.

This is the first time since last 10-month that a densely populated area, close to a busy shopping market of the city has been made target. Earlier the unknown attackers have made cantonment area or its nearby areas their target.

Window glasses of several other buildings were broken due to the explosion. The rocket was fired from a desolated place in south of the city as many people have seen it heading toward its target.

A case has been registered against unknown people and further investigation was in progress. No arrest was reported till late in the night in this connection. It may be recalled that over two dozen rockets have so far been fired on Quetta cantonment and city areas in which two persons were killed and many others injured. 26.2.01

Rocket fired near Sui gas field

A rocket was fired near Sui gas field in Dera Bugti Tribal agency late on Thursday night, official sources confirmed here on Friday.

According to sources the rocket, which was fired from unknown place which, landed near the house of the chief security office of the sui gas field and exploded with big bang. However, no loss of life or property was reported in this connection. Police has registered a case against unknown people.

No arrest was reported in this regard. It may be recalled here that during last few months many rockets were fired in Sui area. Authorities have arrested some people for their alleged involvement in these rocket attacks. 17.2.01

3 Rockets lobbed on Levy Thana

LORA LAI 13.2.01: Baloch Peoples Liberation Front (BPLF) has claimed responsibility of a rocket attack on Levy Thana near Kohlu on Monday.
Three rockets were fired from Jandar Mountain, one of them hit boundary wall of Levy Thana while the other two fell near a camp. No casualties were reported.
A poster type letter was found from the mountain in which the said organisation accepted responsibility of the incident. "Occupation of Baloch mineral wealth will not be accepted," the letter said.

Blind rocket fired on Quetta city

QUETTA 11.2.01: Another blind rocket was fired on the Quetta city that fell on a house in Quetta Cantonment on Saturday night. The rocket was lobbed from a desolate place which fell on a house when no one was there.

The house is located close to the Quetta Club in the military Cantonment. Some furniture in the house was damaged. According to a report, the rocket was lobbed on the city from a desolate graveyard in Saryab area of Quetta.

Police registered a case and making investigations against the unknown accused persons.

Another rocket hit Quetta locality

QUETTA 15.1.01: Another rocket was lobbed at the Provincial Capital here on Sunday night wounding a woman slightly, residents of the area told Balochistan Express on telephone.

The rocket was launched from the southern side of the city, police sources told newsmen. The rocket fell down on the roof top of a house in Khaliqabad ( Jatoi Colony) damaging the house. The rocket penetrated the roof and fell on the ground damaging the natural gas pipeline .

However, the local residents disconnect the gas supply ensuring safety of the locality. Hospital sources, when contacted, said no injured person was reported to the Government Sandeman Hospital at mid-night or our going to the press. The police cordoned off the whole area suspending the vehicular traffic to the direction of Khaliqabad side and directed the traffic to other roads.

No one claimed the responsibility as it was a blind rocket lobbed on the city which is the densely populated locality of Quetta. Earlier rockets were targetted to the Cantonment area which has a more sparse population. The purpose of the blind rocket fire is said to create scare among the people.

54 injured as bomb blasts rock four cities

LAHORE, Dec 26.00: Fifty-four people were injured in four powerful bomb explosions in Lahore, Hyderabad, Faisalabad and Kharian on Monday.

In Lahore the blast occurred in a roadside stall at the busy Lunda Bazaar, adjacent to the CIA Kotwali building. Placed beneath the second-hand clothes, the device went off at 2.20pm, leaving more than 40 people injured. Three women, five teenaged boys and a six-year-old were among the victims.

Officials of the bomb disposal squad said it was a locally made device. The low-intensity, half-kilogram explosive had been wrapped in a polyethylene bag with a timer.

Thirty-three of the injured were admitted to the Mayo Hospital. Others were taken to the Nawaz Sharif Hospital as well as some private clinics.

Doctors said that at least nine of the injured were in a critical condition. All of the victims had suffered multiple injuries and burns, and legs of three had been blown away, they added.

The victims included Mohammad Sajid, Atia Iqbal, Alamgir, Mohammad Rashid, Abdul Jalil, Feroz, Shahnawaz, Ahmad Nadeem, Sabir, Mohammad Hanif, Abdul Ghaffar, his father Mohammad Akram, Asadullah, Arshad, Habibur Rehman, Wasif Raza, Mohammad Ishfaq, Mohammad Saleem, Jugni, Zubair, Khattak Khan, Mushtaq, Humayun, Taza Gul Khan, Ashraf, Mukhtaran, Mohammad Akram, Makhoo, Azam Khan, Maqsood Ahmad and Abdul Sajid.

Later, the authorities "beefed up" security in the city by deploying police teams at various places. Some police officials termed the blast a "retaliation of some incidents in India."

FAISALABAD: The half-kg, locally-made device was planted in an electric water cooler on platform No 1 of the railway station, according to experts. It went off at 8:38am.

Some passengers and the railway employees (six in all) were hit by flying splinters. They were taken to the adjacent divisional headquarters hospital. They were identified as Ghulam Murtaza, Mohammad Aslam, Mohammad Bashir, Amir Mohammad, Mohammad Yaqoob and Iftikhar Hussain, a tea-stall owner. Doctors described their condition as stable.

HYDERABAD: Six people, including three minors, were injured when the bombexploded in a bus at the Latifabad railway crossing. The bus (JE-2588) was going from Qasimabad to Latifabad. It was waiting the gate at the railway crossing to open when the blast occurred shattering its window panes. Officials said the device, hidden in a cardboard box, had been placed under seat numbers 13 and 14. They recovered the timer device and battery cells.

The injured were taken to the Bhittai Hospital where two boys, Saeed and Shoban Malik, were admitted and the rest - Faqir Mohammad, Nauman, Mairajuddin and Abdul Waheed - discharged after first-aid.

KHARIAN: The explosion occurred on a ground outside the assistant commissioner's courts. Some persons, according to the police, had set heaps of garbage on fire. There was a big bang when some firecrackers lying under the trash, exploded.

7 rockets fired in Kohlu

QUETTA, Dec 26.00: Unidentified men fired seven rockets in Kohlu area, about 180km from here, on Tuesday morning. A bulldozer belonging to the building and roads department was damaged.

Meanwhile, the Quetta police foiled a terrorism attempt on Monday night. They spotted two rocket-launchers in a graveyard along the Sabzal Road. The rocket-launchers were fitted with the time set at 3pm to go off.

AFP adds: A rocket hit the army staff college building in Quetta late Monday, but caused no casualties, official sources said. They said the roof of a classroom collapsed as a result of the rocket strike at 8.55pm. There was no one in the classroom or in the vicinity.

The rocket was fired from Koh-i-Murdar mountain.

One killed, three injured as five rocket hit Quetta city

QUETTA 5.12.00: One person was killed and three others injured one of them seriously in rocket attacks here on Tuesday evening, official sources said.

Unknown persons fired five rockets from Murdar mountain in the east of provincial capital two of them landed in cantonment area while three others hit city area resulting damaging at least two houses and a military police check post at Gulistan road.

All the injured were rushed to CMH and civil hospital for treatment where a military police Lance Naik succumbed to his injuries late night, sources confirmed. One rocket hit a military police check post at Gulistan road injuring two army personnel who were on duty at the post. They were rushed to CMH Quetta.

After a brief interval another rocket was landed at Major Aziz Bhatti road resulting in injuring a civilian. Rockets explosion rocked the cantonment area, which also damaged the glass panels and windowpanes of the houses at Major Aziz Bhatti road and Gulistan road.

Two other rockets which was also fired from the same area landed at the houses of one Mohammad Ibrahim and Agha Syed Mohammed Hussian an ex-senator damaging the roofs and walls. However, no body was killed or injured in these rocket attacks despite the presence of families. “My younger brother Ali Mohammad was studying in the room where the rocket landed after making a hole in the roof. God saved my brother,” Ibrahim told the newsman who visited the area.

Ali Mohammad received slight injury at his hand. A car was damaged in the house of ex-senator parked in the backward of the house where rocked landed through the roof. All windowpanes and glass panels of the various houses were shattered. Another rocket landed in the Marriabad area near Murdar Mountain.

However, no one was injured in it. All the injured were rushed to civil hospital and CMH where Ulfat Abbas lance Naik died late night. Others who received injuries include Lance Naik Farzand Ali, Ali Akbar and Ali Ahmed. The condition Farzand Ali was stated to be serious.

After these rocket attacks Deputy Commissioner Quetta Athar Hussian Sial, SSP Mukhtar Gondal and other officials rushed to the area where rockets were landed. Military police sealed the roads linking Quetta cantonment areas with the city and all kind of traffic was suspended between city cantonment.

It may be recalled here that at least 13 rocket had also been fired in cantonment area in June last in which no damage was reported. After that incident a permanent picket was established at Murdar mountain by the police.

Despite police picket five rockets were fired from the same area. Police has registered a case against unknown persons. However, no arrest was reported till late on Tuesday night in this connection. Press Note: The district Magistrate Quetta has issued the following press note regarding explosions occurred at Toghi road tonight.

The Press note says, some unidentified terrorists fired four rockets, which landed on Toghi road and its surrounding areas, injuring two persons. The officials of the district administration and other law enforcing agencies rushed to the site.

Security measures have been tightened in the area and steps are being taken to arrest the culprits.

Bomb blast damages railway track

QUETTA 26.11.00: A powerful bomb explosion rocked the provincial capital damaging Railway track linking Quetta with border town Chaman on Sunday evening.

The bomb disposal squad defused another bomb before its explosion, which was also planted near the same place where first blast was occurred. Both the bombs were local made, a senior officer of the bomb disposal squad said adding that other bomb which was defused was more powerful then the exploded one.

There was no report of any casualty or injured in the explosion. However, the roof of a Kachha houses cave in when a small piece of a railway blew up and fell on the said house. The blast shuttered window glasses of the buildings and other houses around the explosion site.

Official sources said that the bomb was placed under the railway track near Faqirabad area, which exploded around 8 pm damaging two feet railway track and wooden slippers. Another powerful bomb was also planted near the same place was dedicated by another officer of the bomb disposal squad.

Deputy Commissioner Quetta Athar Hussain Sial said some disgruntled elements wanted to create panic and harassment among the people. However, he said that people responsible for the blast would be arrested. Though police and other agencies are investigating the matter yet foreign hand could not be ruled out in this connection, Mr. Sial said adding that police was investigation all aspects of this regard.

It may be recalled here that around two dozen bomb explosion so far had been occurred in this provincial capital claming around a dozen lives and injuring over three dozen people during last nine months time. A case has been registered against the unknown terrorists and further investigation was under progress. No arrest was reported in this connection till late night.

Bombs defused in Quetta

QUETTA, Nov 12.00: The bomb disposal squad recovered and defused two explosive devices planted inside a power meter in Pashtoonabad area on Saturday night.

A meter reader of Wapda opened a meter of a residence on Khushal Khan Road. He was stunned to find two Russian made bombs planted inside the meter.

He immediately reported the matter to the bomb disposal squad who recovered the bombs and defused them. Police sources said that it was an act of sabotage which was foiled by timely action of the bomb disposal squad.

Three killed in landmine blast in Kohlu Agency

Express Report: QUETTA: Three persons, including a woman her two-year-old son, were killed in a landmine explosion in Kohlu Agency on Tuesday.

The passing pick up hit the landmine while travelling between the Gazzeeni and Bala Kot in the Kohlu Tribal Agency and the vehicle exploded in the blast killing all the three persons on the spot.

The dead man was identified as Musa Marri while driver Rab Nawaz and a seven year old child were removed to the Multan hospital for specialised treatment by the authorities concerned. Assistant Commissioner, Mr. Hashim, confirmed the incident saying that concerned authorities are investigating the incident. No one has claimed the responsibility of landmine explosion. So far ten people lost their lives in land mine explosions in the Kohlu Agency.

The trucks carrying coal from the Chamalang Range and other passenger pick ups operating between the human settlements of Kohlu and adjoining Districts are the target of subversion. Meanwhile, the Bijarani Elders Council, an organisation of Bijarani sub-section of Marri tribesmen, had condemned the blast and demanded immediate arrest of the culprits.

3 killed, one injured in landmine explosion

QUETTA: 7.11.00, Three persons including a woman were killed and a person was injured in a landmine explosion at Kohlu, some 450 km from here on Tuesday, reports said.