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Two killed, 12 injured as FC vehicle targeted in Quetta blast
[DAWN] Two people were killed and 12 were maimed in an kaboom that took place on Quetta's Qambrani road on Thursday. Unidentified gunnies opened fire in the area following the kaboom which was heard far and wide.The target of the attack was said to be a vehicle of the Frontier Corps (FC). According to eye witnesses and rescue workers, the powerful blast rocked the entire Qambrani road and surrounding areas. "We could see thick black smoke from quite a distance," Fateh Muhammad, an eye-witness told Dawn. Police and paramilitary troops were called in the area to bring the situation under control. "The bomb was planted on a cycle of violence," Imran Qureshi, Senior Superintendent of Police(SSP) Sariab said. The blast was followed by intense firing and panic spread in the area and, people were confined to their homes and shops. This was not the first incident of violence on the perilous Qambrani road of the bustling provincial capital. Militants in recent days have intensified attacks against security forces and national installations in Balochistan  ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... , plagued by an insurgency and growing sectarian killings for more than a decade. Posted by: Fred 2014-10-24 |
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