Sibi rocked by blast

Published May 11, 2007

QUETTA, May 10: One person was injured and a house destroyed in a bomb explosion and rocket attacks in different parts of Balochistan on Thursday. Police sources said two powerful explosions occurred at brief interval in Sibi. The first blast occurred near a vocational training school which left a passerby, Didar Hussain, injured.

Didar was admitted to the Sibi hospital.

The other blast occurred near a madressah.

Locally made devices were used in the two incidents, police said.

Meanwhile, unidentified attackers fired two rockets at the Maharullah village near Dera Allahyar. One rocket hit the house of one Tar Mohammad damaging it badly. However, the residents of the house remained unhurt.

The sources said that rockets were also fired in the mountain area of Dera Bugti.

Six rockets exploded intermittently.

Two powerful blasts were also heard near Dera Bugti.

Another report said that a powerful explosion occurred near the Post Office chowk in Khuzdar.

A caller identifying himself as Bebarg Baloch claimed that the banned Baloch Liberation Army had attacked a camp of security forces in the Marri area killing half a dozen security personnel.

Official sources denied the claim.

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