QUETTA, Jan 21: A security man was killed and six others were injured in two landmine explosions in the Pat Denari area and Pir Koh on the Sindh-Balochistan border on Monday.
Sources said a convoy of Sindh Rangers was passing through Pat Denari when one of the mines exploded, seriously injuring three personnel. They were taken to a hospital where one of them died.
The second mine exploded near the Pir Koh gas field in which a Frontier Corps vehicle was destroyed. Four FC personnel were seriously injured.The sources said that at least five rockets were fired on a security convoy in the Pir Koh area. Security forces fired back forcing the assailants to escape.