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| November 30, 2003 | Sunday | Shawwal 5, 1424 |
FC official injured in landmine blast
QUETTA, Nov 29: Bambhoor Rifles Commandant Lt-Col Moin Qadir and a soldier were seriously injured in a landmine blast in Lunjo Saghari area of Sui Tehsil on Saturday.
“The official vehicle of the Frontier Corps official hit a landmine planted on the road at Lunjo Saghari near the Sindh border,” a Sui police official told Dawn.
“Lt-Col Qadir and a soldier, who was driving the jeep, were seriously injured,” he said and added that they were brought to the Combined Military Hospital here by a helicopter.
Sources said Lt-Col Qadir was going to Sui after spending Eid holidays.
Law-enforcement agencies have been carrying out an operation against outlaws in the area for the last four months.
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