Blasts rock Kalat, Khuzdar

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QUETTA, June 30: Three explosions rocked Kalat and Khuzdar towns on Saturday night. According to police, a blast near the Election Commission’s office in Khuzdar smashed windowpanes of nearby houses. Another blast was reported from Khuzdar’s Mir Ibrahim Zehri area.

In Kalat, an explosive device planted close to the office of the building and road department went off, damaging a wall of the office. No casualty was reported in the blasts. Police said locally-made explosive devices had been used in the explosions.

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