Unknown assailants blew up an 18-inch diameter pipeline in Dera Bugti on Wednesday, suspending the supply of gas to Pir Koh and other areas of the district. Sources said that an explosive device had been planted in the Loti gas field. Following the incident, security forces cordoned off the area and started looking for the miscreants. Separately on Monday, suspected tribal rebels blew up a gas pipeline and two power pylons in Dera Bugti, said officials.
The gas pipeline and pylons were damaged when home-made bombs planted by the rebels exploded, said a security official, but there were no casualties. Balochistan Liberation Army leader Wadera Alam Khan Bugti claimed responsibility for MondayÂ’s attack. He aslo claimed responsibility for two other incidents in which three electricity poles in Dasht and a gas pipeline were blown up.