QUETTA, Sept 19: Four Frontier Corps personnel were injured in a landmine explosion near Dera Bugti on Wednesday evening.

According to official sources, the Frontier Corps personnel were on their way to Dera Bugti in an official vehicle.

When they reached Pesh Bogi area, between Sui and Dera Bugti, their vehicle hit the landmine.

The security personnel deployed in the area rushed to the site and shifted the injured to a military hospital in Sui.

“Four FC soldiers were injured in the blast,” police sources confirmed, adding that it was a locally-made landmine planted along the road.

Security forces cordoned off the area and launched a search operation for the arrest of tribal militants.

An unknown caller, claiming to be a spokesman for the Baloch Republican Army, said his organisation was behind the explosion. He also claimed heavy casualties in the blast.

However, official sources denied heavy human loss, saying only four FC men were injured.

According to another source, the walls of the Government Boys High School in Pasni were damaged by a powerful explosion.

A locally-made bomb was planted on the school premises that went off, rocking the entire coastal township. No casualty was reported, however.

In yet another incident, one person was killed and another injured in firing on Jinnah Road in Quetta on Wednesday night. Police said deceased Ali Jan and his brother Nazir, who received bullet injuries, had tribal enmity. The assailants managed to escape.

Police have registered a case, but no arrest was made.