Sporadic incidents of violence have been reported from different parts of Balochistan. — Photo by AP

QUETTA Two security personnel were injured in a remote-controlled explosion in Balochistan province's Turbat town.

The explosion occurred in Turbat's Gwak area and the injured personnel were rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment.

Meanwhile, unknown assailants set ablaze a tanker in Khuzdar's Wadh tehsil.

Separately, a vehicle owned by the Ministry of Population Welfare was also burnt in Khuzdar city.

Sporadic incidents of violence have been reported from different parts of Balochistan on the eve of a shutter-down strike against the killing of two Baloch Students Organisation - Azad's activists in Khuzdar on March 2. 

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