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Two killed, 10 injured in Chaman blast targeting FC vehicle
[DAWN] Two non-combatants were killed and 10 injured on Friday evening in a blast 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 Chaman city, according to police. Unidentified bully boyz had planted an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) on a cycle of violence parked in the main bazar on Mall Road. The blast occurred when a Frontier Corps ...a provincial paramilitary force. Total manpower is about 80,000. They are tasked to help local law enforcement in the maintenance of law and order, and to carry out border patrol and a..the Antwerp-based Salafist organization that had campaigned to introduce Sharia law to Belgium before single-handedly making Belgium the highest per capita supplier of jihadis to Syria in Europe. There was a big trial in Antwerp in 2015, but most of those convicted were in absentia...nti-smuggling operations.... (FC) vehicle carrying troops was passing through. A child was among the two civilians who died immediately, said police, who added that two FC personnel were among those injured. The injured were transported to the hospital and the area was cordoned off by police and district administration who arrived at the site shortly after the kaboom occurred. Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal condemned the blast and expressed his sorrow at the loss of life. The chief minister said that "security be kept on high alert in sensitive cities", and told "police and other law enforcement agencies to take comprehensive security measures". This is the second blast to hit the province on Friday. Earlier, at least 20 people were killed and 48 injured in a blast believed to be targeting members of the Hazara  ...a grouping of Dari-speaking people of Sino-Tibetan descent inhabiting Afghanistan and Pakistain. They are predominantly Shia Moslems and not particularly warlike, which makes them favored targets...community in Quetta's Hazarganji market. Posted by: Fred 2019-04-13 |
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