QUETTA, April 18: A check-post of the Frontier Corps near Kolpur railway station, some 50km off Quetta, came under rocket attack on Wednesday night, official sources said

The Levies Force sources said that unidentified men perched in the nearby mountain fired two rockets that landed near the railway station and exploded.

“Rockets could not hit the target,” the sources said, adding that the attackers also fired bullets at the check-post.

The FC personnel returned the fire, forcing the attackers to flee.

No one was injured, they said.

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