Blasts destroy transmission towers

Published August 14, 2005

QUETTA, Aug 13: Saboteurs on Saturday blew up four high-power transmission towers in Barkhan area with explosive material that they had planted around the structures. The towers, located in Barkhan some 400 kilometres north-east of the provincial capital, were completely destroyed in the blasts.

The vast district of Kohlu was plunged into darkness following the explosions.

“The saboteurs used high-explosive material for blowing up Wapda’s high-power transmission towers,” official sources said while confirming the incident.

The men who planted the explosive material fled as soon as the towers exploded, according to levy officials.

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