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Frontier Corps secures Sui gas field as manhunt continues
 Frontier Corps personnel have secured the Sui gas field and set up pickets in the area, sources told Daily Times on Sunday. Tribesmen angry at the gang rape of a female doctor attacked Sui gas installations with rockets over five days last week. At least eight people were killed and 35 injured in their clashes with security forces. FC personnel patrolled the area on Sunday and Pakistan Petroleum Limited reopened its hospital, but the area remained quiet, with little activity apart from hectic repairs to damaged gas installations. Local police said that the situation is improving and many people who had fled the area were returning to Sui city and most shopkeepers were open for business. Police said they had made no arrests so far of the people involved in the attacks. Lt General Hamid Rab Nawaz, the Quetta corps commander, visited Sui on Sunday and met with officers of the Frontier Corps, Defence Security Guards and civil officers. According to the Sui administration, the local officers briefed Gen Nawaz about the attacks on the Sui gas plant and pipeline. Nawaz also visited sections of the Sui gas plant where field engineers briefed him about the damage done. The gas supply to major power plants and fertiliser factories has been suspended because of the damage, gas company officials said. Posted by: Fred 2005-01-17 |
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