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100 houses identified as source of rocket attacks: Balochistan CM
 QUETTA: Chief Minister Jam Yousaf said on Monday paramilitary forces in Balochistan had identified about 100 homes from where they believe tribesmen fired rockets between January 7 and 11 at Sui installations, killing at least eight people. "Now, those homes are the focus of search," he told The Associated Press. He would not say if any arrests have been made or weapons seized. Hundreds of paramilitary troops were searching homes for weapons and renegade tribesmen in Sui. The Balochistan home minister, Mir Saeed Khan Nosherwani, said that the overall law and order situation in Balochistan is satisfactory, APP reported. Online reported that Sui residents are facing gas and water shortages. Reuters reported that armed tribesmen from rural Balochistan have begun converging on Dera Bugti, about 50 km north of Sui, to support the nationalist cause. "They are coming voluntarily, to protect their motherland," said resident Murad Ali Bugti. Tribesmen took positions in bunkers on hilltops surrounding Dera Bugti, while government troops dug in bunkers around Sui. Sui resident Hafizullah Bugti vowed to resist an attack by government forces. "We do not want to fight, but if fighting is forced upon us, we will," he said.
Posted by: Fred 2005-01-18 |
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