Rockets fired at checkpost

Published May 22, 2007

Quetta, May 21: Armed men on Monday fired rockets on a security checkpost in Karmo Wadh area of Kahan tehsil. According to sources, five rockets were fired on the Frontier Corps post. Security personnel deployed in the area fired back.

Personnel of Frontier Corps defused another rocket in the Killi Chargh area of Dalbandin.

Meanwhile, a group of armed men kidnapped two Patwaris of the Balochistan government from Senheri area close to Sindh-Balochistan border. Police sources said that the Patwaris were trying to settle of land issues when four armed men appeared in the area and kidnapped both of them at gunpoint.

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