DERA MURAD JAMALI: Two people, including an 18-year-old shepherd, were killed in two landmine explosions in the Fulaji area of Nasirabad district on Tuesday.

Police said that a man identified as Muhammad Nawaz was killed in the first landmine blast which took place in Goth Kanta of the Chattar tehsil. They added that the incident took place when his motorcycle hit a landmine planted by the roadside.

The other landmine blast took place in the Goth Mastkundi area where an 18-year-old shepherd identified as Shano Bugti was killed after he stepped on a landmine planted in the area.

Published in Dawn, August 23rd, 2017

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