July 18, 2008	Friday	Rajab 14, 1429

QUETTA, July 17: Three personnel were injured when a road-side bomb blew up an army vehicle in Kahan area of Kohlu district on Thursday.

Police sources told Dawn that some people had planted the bomb on the Kahan-Tartani road and blew it up with a remote control when a pick-up carrying army personnel was in the area.

The injured were taken to a hospital in Kohlu and their condition was said to be serious.

Security forces cordoned off the area and launched a search for the culprits.

The sources said that some suspects had been arrested.

The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility for the blast. BLA spokesman Beebargh Baloch calling from an unspecified place told newsmen that security forces had suffered casualties.—Staff Correspondent