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Toll in Qila Saifullah blast rises to six
[DAWN] Death toll in Thursday night’s kaboom in Qila Saifullah has increased to six as officials have found four more bodies in the debris of the house which was destroyed in the powerful kaboom.Official sources said on Friday that the blast took place in the house of 71-year-old holy man Maulvi Abdul Jogezai. Explosion -> Holy man's house. You surprised? He was the first victim of the blast whose body was recovered from the destroyed house on Thursday night, followed by the recovery of another body. All the victims belonged to the same family. "The blast took place when the victims were unloading firewood from a tractor-trolley parked in the courtyard of the house," 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... Home Secretary Ghulam Ali Baloch told Dawn. "It seems that explosives placed under the firewood went off," he added. An official of Qila Saifullah district administration said that most of the bodies were found in pieces, adding that they were shifted to the District Hospital for identification. Personnel of the bomb disposal squad (BDS) visited the blast site and collected evidence that suggested that the kaboom took place inside the house. "Around 1,200kg explosives went off while the victims were unloading firewood from the tractor trolley. The explosives had been placed under firewood," a BDS official said. Posted by: Fred 2018-03-18 |
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