QUETTA, Feb 10: At least seven people, a woman and a child among them, were injured in rocket attacks here on Sunday night.
Police sources said the rockets landed in Khudadad road, Pir Abul Khair road and Quaidabad areas with brief intervals.
“Seven people received injuries in the explosions,” Wazir Khan Nasar, the DIG of police, told Dawn.
“Police are trying to trace the location from where rockets were fired,” the DIG said.
United Baloch Army’s spokesman Murid Baloch claimed the responsibility for the attacks. Calling from an unknown location, he said the target was the Quetta Cantonment. “Rockets were fired in reaction to Awaran, Mashkay and Mastung operations,” he said.
Meanwhile, a blast took place near a private hospital in the Sariab road area.
No casualty was reported.
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