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Zhob suicide blast injures five
[DAWN] At least three security personnel, a civilian and a minor were maimed in a suicide kaboom at the entrance of a military cantonment compound 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... 's Zhob district on Friday, officials said. A jacket wallah rammed an explosive-laden vehicle into the gate of the compound, said Deputy Commissioner Nazar Muhammad Khetran, adding that the "intensity of the blast rocked the entire city." He said police and other law enforcers responded swiftly, and shifted the injured to a military-run hospital. The outlawed Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP) Masood group grabbed credit for the attack. A heavy contingent of security forces' personnel reached the blast site and cordoned off the area. Zhob is considered to be one of the sensitive districts of Balochistan since it borders the country's volatile tribal belt. It is also considered to be a transit point for Posted by: Fred 2016-01-30 |
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