QUETTA, July 10: Six people, including a soldier of the Frontier Corps, were injured after a vehicle of the paramilitary force hit a landmine in the Sangsilla area of the Dera Bugti district on Monday.
The injured were identified as Munawar, the FC solider, and five civilians, Shahbaz Khan, Shakeel Ahmed, Gul Ahmed, Mohammad Anwar and Asmat Khan.
An attempt to blow up two electric pylons was reported from the Kohlu area, but the power supply was not affected.
Sources said that the two towers of the Barkhan-Kohlu transmission line were only slightly damaged.
According to another report, security forces arrested two suspects from the Toba Nokhani area of Dera Bugti and recovered four rockets, ammunition and cellphones. The sources claimed that the two planned to attack gas installations.
Meanwhile, Kamal Khan, a suspect arrested by the Nushki police a few days ago, was shifted to Quetta for interrogation. He was arrested in connection with bomb blasts and other subversive activities.
The sources said that Kharan Rifles, a wing of the Frontier Corps, seized illegal arms and ammunition from the Taftan area near the Iran border. They said that security forces had conducted an operation after receiving information about the illegal arms and ammunition dumped underground.
