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India-Pakistan |
Fresh Clashes in Balochistan Leave 15 Dead |
2006-01-13 |
![]() On Wednesday evening, a vehicle of the Frontier Corps was hit by a land mine. Two security men were killed instantly and an undisclosed number of soldiers injured. Men of Bhambore Rifles later took control of the hills surrounding Dera Bugti. They were fired upon around midnight. The security men retaliated and killed at least 12 Bugti tribesmen. In the heavy exchange of fire, two security men were injured. They later died in a Frontier Corps hospital. Early yesterday, a powerful explosion ruptured a section of a state-owned gas pipeline, briefly disrupting supplies, but injuring no one, police said. No group claimed responsibility for the attack in Kundkot. An area police chief, Mazhar Shahab, said engineers had started repair work. He blamed tribal militants for the attack, although he did not offer any evidence. |
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