Blasts hit towns

Published February 5, 2005

QUETTA, Feb 4: Turbat and Kohlu were rocked by bomb and rocket explosions while a poultry and dairy farm of the Frontier Corps was attacked with a hand grenade in Khuzdar on Friday.

No causality was reported. An explosion took place in the main market of Turbat at around 3am, causing panic in the area. About half an hour later, a bomb planted near the house of provincial senior vice-president of the Pakistan Muslim League, Waja Ghulam Nabi, exploded.

Windowpanes of nearby houses and shops were smashed in the explosions caused by home made devices, an official said. Unknown people fired four rockets in Kohlu in the early hours of Friday. The rockets exploded at an open place in Sardar village.

In Khuzdar, a hand grenade was fired on the poultry and dairy farm of the Frontier Corps. FC men guarding the farm opened fire on the attackers but they escaped. No damage was reported.

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