Seven rockets apparently fired by Bugti tribesmen slammed into a checkpoint of Pakistani paramilitary rangers in a remote southwestern region, killing one soldier and wounding three others. The rockets exploded on Tuesday at a checkpoint in Kandhkot, a small town about 400km southwest of Multan, the regional Police Chief, Din Mohammed Baluch, told the Associated Press. Nobody claimed responsibility for the attack but he said: âWe have reason to believe that local tribesmen are behind this attack.â He gave no other details.
Bugti and Mazari tribesmen have been battling each other and the government for years, in part over a dispute about the amount of royalties each group feels it should get because of a gas pipeline that runs through the territory. Attacks on police and rangers are common.
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