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| 4 FC soldiers injured, 1 attacker killed in Quetta shootout |
| 2010-03-18 |
| QUETTA: Four officials of the Balochistan Frontier Corps (FC) were injured in a hand grenade blast followed by firing on their vehicle at Brewery Road on Wednesday, while one of the attackers was also killed. According to local police and FC officials, the assailants first hurled a hand grenade and then opened fire at the security vehicle, which was on a routine patrol in the area. As a result, four FC personnel were injured and shifted to a hospital for treatment while one of the assailants was also killed during an exchange of fire with the FC personnel, while the rest of the attackers managed to flee. Separately, a man was killed in an explosion in a house in the Chalobawri area of Quetta. |
| Posted by:Steve White |