Two killed in landmine blast

Published May 26, 2006

QUETTA, May 25: Two villagers were killed when a landmine blew up a bullock cart near Lehri in Sibi district on Thursday. “It was an anti-tank mine planted on the mud-road,” officials said.

Meanwhile, three missiles exploded in the outskirts of Sui.

Security forces are reported to have foiled a second attempt in a week to blow up the house of Wadera Miwa Khan Bugti, seizing 25kg of explosives planted near it in Pir Koh area. Miwa Khan recently joined hands with the government against Jamhoori Watan Party chief Nawab Akbar Bugti.

Official sources said security forces also seized three anti-tank landmines in Pir Koh area.

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