QUETTA, April 13: Three security personnel were killed when a landmine went off in Tartani Manjara area of the Kohlu district on Friday. Official sources said the security personnel were clearing the area of mines for construction of a road when one of them ran over a landmine planted by militants.
The deceased were identified as Naib Sobedar Hashmatullah, levies man Faizullah and FC soldier Manzoor Ahmed.
Meanwhile, security forces foiled an attempt to blow up a 12-inch diameter gas pipeline in Sui tehsil.
The bomb planted along the pipeline was timely defused.
Law-enforcement personnel also defused a rocket in Mand area that was to be fired on a checkpost of the Frontier Corps. They also seized 23 rockets from Sui area during a search operation.
