Militants blow up gas pipeline

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QUETTA: A pipeline was blown up in the Loti gas field in Dera Bugti district on Wednesday night, Levies sources said.

The banned Baloch Republican Army (BRA) claimed responsibility for the attack.

The sources said that explosives planted under the pipeline feeding a purification plant from well No 6 were detonated by remote control.

Repair of the pipeline will be undertaken on Thursday after security clearance.

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