An oil company worker has been killed and three of his colleagues seriously injured in a rocket attack on their camp in south-western Pakistan, officials said. "Four workers of state-owned Oil and Gas Development Corporation (OGDC) were seriously injured when a rocket fired by unknown tribesmen hit their camp in Barkhan," some 430 kilometres east of Quetta, district administration officials said. One of the injured died while en route to hospital, officials said. There were about 12 OGDC employees at the camp but the others were unharmed, officials said. The site was closed after the rocket attack. Authorities said four rockets were launched from the mountains some nine kilometres away. Two rockets hit an empty tract of land while one hit a local school causing some damage. Officials said they are investigating the attack. Tribesmen in the area have repeatedly fired rockets at the main gas pipeline passing through their area.
In April they blew up two gas supply lines in southwestern Pakistan, disrupting supplies to almost half the country's industrial consumers three months after a similar attack in January. The tribesmen have been demanding baksheesh royalties from the company for the gas coming through their area and for jobs for their youth. |