QUETTA: Three suspected militants were killed on Thursday after a bomb they were planting on the main railway track, exploded near Metheri area of Sibi, linking Quetta with other parts of the country.

Security officials said the militants were blown up by a powerful blast when they were trying to plant bombs at the main railway line to target passenger trains.

The railway line was also slightly damaged but movement of trains remained unaffected.

“They planted a bomb on the track and the other two bombs were being planted when one of the bombs exploded,” a senior Levies official said, adding that the powerful explosion left the three militants dead. The blast rocked Metheri and its adjoining areas and caused panic among villagers.

Frontier Corps and Levies personnel reached the area and cordoned off the locality. They found three unexploded grenades at the place which were defused by bomb disposal personnel.

The bodies of the unidentified militants were taken to Sibi district hospital.

Published in Dawn, August 28th, 2015

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