Man killed in Sui blast

Published January 15, 2009

QUETTA, Jan 14: A tribesman was killed and five security and 10 other people were injured in a bomb blast in Sui on Wednesday.

The bomb attached to a motorcycle parked in a bazaar in Bugti colony was detonated by a remote control when a Frontier Corps vehicle passed through the area.

Law-enforcement personnel shifted the injured to the Sui hospital. Three of the injured were stated to be in serious condition.

The man killed in the blast was identified as Tanveer Bugti.—Staff Correspondent

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