Monday, August 6, 2012

Quetta blast kills 5; NATO supply vehicles torched

ISLAMABAD (PAN): Two International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) supply containers were torched in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan on Sunday.

A private TV channel said that the containers, carrying supplies for the NATO-led troops stationed in Afghanistan, came under attack in Khuzdar district.

DawnNews reported the vehicles were on their way from the port city of Karachi. “Unknown gunmen first started shooting at the trucks and then set them on fire.”

In Quetta, the provincial capital, five people were killed and 10 others wounded during a bomb explosion. A woman and two children were among the victims of the blast that occurred inside a house in the Faizabad area on Saryab road.

The blast took place around noon when an explosives-laden car, parked in the residential colony, was set off by a remote-controlled device. One house was razed and two others damaged.

The car was laden with 80-100 kilograms of explosive material, the bomb disposal squad said. Three shops were damaged as a result of the blast.

from Pajhwok
by Qaiser YousafzaionAug 5, 2012 - 15:56

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