Baloch republican army (BRA) took responsibility for the Wednesday attack in which a gas pipe line has been blown up with explosives, suspending supply to a gas plant in Dera Bugti. The 18-inch diameter pipeline in Pirkoh area supplied gas to the plant from various gas fields.
Two tribesmen killed in landmine blast Two Bugti tribesmen were killed when a landmine exploded near Dera Bugti on Wednesday. A police official said Noora Khan Bugti and Gora Khan Bugti died in the Patokh area.
Also on Wednesday, rockets were fired from mountains on a Frontier Corps checkpoint in the Mawand area of Kohlu district. The attack triggered a heavy exchange of fire between security personnel and the assailants.
Official sources did not report any casualty, but a spokesman for the outlawed Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), Beebargh Baloch, claimed that security forces had suffered heavy losses in the rocket attack.He said some trucks parked in a camp had been destroyed and several security personnel killed and injured.
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