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| India-Pakistan |
| Three, including DSP, killed in Quetta shooting |
| 2009-12-20 |
| [Dawn] A deputy superintendent of Balochistan Constabulary, his guard and an assistant sub-inspector were gunned down in an ambush on the Manno Jan road here on Saturday. Two constables were seriously injured in the attack. Sources said a police van, after picking up DSP Habibullah Qasrani from his house in the morning, was going to his office when armed men opened indiscriminate fire on it from three sides. The DSP received multiple wounds and died on the spot. ASP Mohammad Aslam and the guard were taken to a hospital in serious condition, but they died. The Baloch Liberation United Front has claimed responsibility for the attack. Talking on telephone from an unspecified place, BLUF spokesman Shahiq Baloch warned that 'if Baloch police officials do not stop supporting state machinery, they will be targeted'. Police have registered a case against unidentified armed men. LANDMINE Two Bugti tribesmen were injured when their motorcycle hit a landmine in Dasht Goran area of Dera Bugti district. They were taken to the PPL hospital in Sui. In another incident, a police head constable and a passer-by were injured in an explosion at a bus stop in Hub. According to sources, the explosive device had been fitted to a motorcycle parked at the bus stop. At least seven people were injured when armed men hurled a hand-grenade into a house at Mand town in Turbat district. Sources said that the house was being used for drug trade. The Baloch Liberation Army had distributed pamphlets a few days ago in Turbat, Mand and Mach towns warning drug dealers to stop the illegal business. |
| Posted by:Fred |