Woman killed in blast

Published November 26, 2007

QUETTA, Nov 25: A woman was killed and seven members of her family, including four children, were injured when a rocket exploded in their house on the Tareen Road on Sunday evening.

Police sources said the rocket had landed on the roof of the house of one Abdul Haq Rind and exploded, killing the woman, identified as Zainab Bibi.

Meanwhile, hand-grenades were hurled in two houses in the Satellite Town area, injuring one person.

Another hand-grenade hit a house on the Ahmed Shah Street of Jail Road.

Police, meanwhile, claimed foiling an attempt of sabotage in Khuzdar by defusing a bomb on a bicycle parked at the Chandni Chowk area. Police found 6 kgs of explosives strapped to the bike.

Two government vehicles, one in the Railway Housing Society and the other in A-One City, were set on fire by some people on Sunday.

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