Elder, nephew killed

Published May 7, 2008

QUETTA, May 6: A pro-government elder of the Bugti tribe and his nephew were killed and three other people were injured in a bomb explosion in Dera Allahyar on Tuesday.

Police said Wadera Bangul Khan Bugti was killed on the spot and his nephew Changez died in the Dera Allahyar Civil Hospital.

The Baloch Republican Army claimed responsibility of the attack. According to police sources, Bangul Khan was a commander of nationalist leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti, but he joined hands with the government after the Nawab’s death.

He was going to Goth Ghnwar Khan from Dera Allahyar when his car was blown up near Sobatpur Chowk by a remote-control explosion.

Meanwhile, two people were injured when their vehicle hit a landmine in Safri Pat area of Sui tehsil.

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