QUETTA, April 16: Three personnel of the Frontier Corps were seriously injured when they were trying to defuse a landmine in the Sangsilla area of Dera Bugti here on Sunday.

Sources said that the Frontier Corps personnel had detected a landmine in Sangsilla area and had attempted to defuse it.

The injured men were immediately rushed to the military hospital in Sui. They were identified as Naib Sobedar Rub Nawaz, Naik Mohammad Iqbal and Naik Mohammad Khan.

Meanwhile, armed men blew up a 220 KV power transformer supplying electricity to the Mand township, situated along the Pakistan-Iran border. The township and adjacent areas were left without any power as a result of the attack.

Qesco engineers have started repair work on the damaged transformer and power supply is expected to be restored in the next 24 hours.

Saboteurs planted a home-made explosive device near the main gate of the building of the Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation in Khuzdar. The bomb went off around 9.30 with a loud sound. The windowpanes of the PBC buildings and other nearby complexes were smashed in the blast, police sources said.

Sources said that an explosion had taken place on Saturday night near the house of the district coordination officer in Khuzdar. No damage or casualty was reported in either incident.

ROCKETS: Armed tribesmen fired 11 rockets at an FC checkpost in Narigaj area of Sibi. However, all the rockets exploded in open places, causing no casualty or damage.