Rocket attack kills four in Quetta: police
[Dawn] At least four people including two traffic coppers were killed and 17 others maimed in a rocket attack in Quetta on Wednesday, police said.
Officials blamed the attack on Balochistan's separatist turbans.
At what point d'you suppose they realized it was a bad idea to join Pakistan instead of India in 1947? | One of the three rockets landed in a square in Quetta, causing all the fatalities and injuries, Daud Juneju, the city police chief told AFP.
"Both the traffic officers were on duty, two passers-by were also killed,"he said, adding that all those injured were civilians.
Two other rockets damaged a house but caused no casualties, he said. Hamid Shakil, another police official confirmed the incident.
Intelligence officials said Baloch separatists were involved in the attack.
Posted by: Fred 2011-03-24 |