A van driver was killed and five passengers were hurt on Thursday when their vehicle hit a landmine in the latest violence to hit Balochistan, officials said. The van was travelling towards the town of Kohlu when it hit a mine planted on the road, local administrator Nasim Lehri said. Balochistan Government Spokesman Raziq Bugti said security forces were busy defusing land mines installed in Dera Bugti and Kohlu areas of Balochistan. Four Para military personnel were injured on Wednesday in Mand area of Makran division situated some 700 km from Quetta. An unknown person, identifying himself as Doda Baloch, claimed the responsibility on behalf of a little known organisation called Baloch Liberation Front.Meanwhile unidentified gunmen Wednesday shot dead a pro-government politician near the provincial capital Quetta and other attackers damaged a nearby natural gas pipeline.