| So the Bugtis' are 'insurgents' now? |
A bomb blast blew up a railway track here early yesterday, disrupting train services in Pakistan's insurgency-wracked southwestern province of Balochistan but causing no injuries, officials said. "A powerful bomb ripped about four feet long track at a level crossing here," provincial Home Minister Shoaib Nausherwani told AFP. The minister blamed the attack on "terrorists" who wanted to create unrest in the province by resorting to rocket and bomb attacks. "They are terrorists, they took advantage of Eid holidays and planted bomb on the main track to cause hardships for the people," he said.Railways authorities said the bomb was placed at a level crossing near the city's university area. The device went off at about 6:00am, deputy controller of Pakistan Railways, Ghulam Rasool, said. The blast occured only half an hour before a passenger train was to arrive in Quetta from the southern port city of Karachi, he said. "We rushed teams to repair the track," he said adding that rail traffic remained suspended for about three hours.
The blast caused no casualties, he said, adding that an investigation had begun into the incident.
| "See here, Legume, how the rails are twisted and the ties are splintered. I suspect the Bugtis planted a bomb!" "Brilliant, Inspector, brilliant!" |