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2 FC men killed in Khuzdar
 Two paramilitary forces ersonnel were ambushed and killed by unidentified motorcyclists in Khuzdar city on Friday. A Frontier Corps (FC) spokesman said the two men were on their way to Khuzdar city from their camp when two motorcyclists shot at them near the main shopping centre.Also, paramilitary forces and a local Dera Bugti tribe used heavy weaponry against each other during a gunbattle. Nawab Akbar Bugti claimed that more than 20 people had been injured. Police said the gunbattle started around 11:15am and had still not stopped. Jamhoori Watan Party President Nawab Akbar Bugti said that FC personnel started the gunbattle âwithout any reasonâ and around 20 people had been injured. He said the situation in Kohlu was normal and the FC operation had been intensified in Dera Bugti to suppress the Baloch people. Asked about negotiations with the government, Bugti said that parleys had started with mortars, which were still being heard. An FC spokesman said that Bugti tribesmen had attacked an FC checkpoint and security forces were repelling the attack. But JWP General Secretary Agha Shahid Bugti said the checkpoint in question was situated 70 kilometres to the south, and FC personnel were firing in civilian areas here. The JWP will protest in front of the Quetta Press Club today (Saturday), he added. MPA Balach Marri said that security forces indiscriminately shelled Kahan and other areas of Kohlu. He said that the paramilitary operation aimed to displace residents and capture the area. Posted by: Fred 2005-12-31 |
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