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BLA blows up Quaid's final abode; hoists its own flag
[Pak Daily Times] Separatist gunnies blew up a historic building linked to Pakistain's founding father in the country's violence-plagued southwest after shooting dead a guard in a predawn attack on Saturday, officials said.According to details, four gunnies entered the hall of Quaid-e-Azam Residency and attacked it with a remote-controlled and petrol bombs. The attackers, armed with automatic weapons entered the 19th century wooden Ziarat Residency after midnight and planted several bombs, senior administration official Nadeem Tahir told AFP. Sources said that soon after the incident, an exchange of fire took place between two security personnel and gunnies. As a result, a security personnel, identified as Mohammad Tahir, was killed in the exchange of firing. The gunnies beat feet from the area after the attack. Sources said that the residency caught fire after the attack, and the items used by Quaid-e-Azam, as well as his portraits, reduced to ashes. A team of fire-fighters was dispatched from Quetta following the incident, which put out the fire after hectic efforts for many hours. Sources also said that a Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) unit defused six more bombs from the area. Posted by: Fred 2013-06-16 |
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