Bomb blast kills two in Turbat

Published November 2, 2011

After the blast, the police cordoned off the area and started a search operation. — Photo by AFP

QUETTA: Two security officials were killed and two were injured in a remote-controlled bomb blast in Balochistan’s Turbat city on Wednesday, DawnNews reported.

According to official sources, FC personnel were on a round when a bomb blast took place. As a result, four security officials were badly injured. They were shifted to a hospital where two of them succumbed to their injuries.

The police then cordoned off the area and started a search operation.

Separately, five people who were abducted on Tuesday from a bus near the area of Mach were rescued by security officials during a search operation. One of the persons abducted remains in the custody of the kidnappers.

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