DERA BUGTI: Suspected tribesmen set off two bombs near the home of the chief minister of Balochistan on Sunday, but there were no casualties. The bombs shattered windows and damaged a perimeter wall at Chief Minister Jam Muhammad YousafÂ’s home in Lasbela, about 450 kilometres southeast of Quetta, local police official Mohammed Afzal said. Yousaf was not at home when the explosion occurred, Afzal said. Suspected tribal militants also attacked a mountaintop military post, triggering a gun battle that left two attackers and a soldier dead, officials said. Another attacker was killed when his motorcycle hit a landmine as he tried to escape after the shootout near Sui, Dera Bugti District Coordination Officer Abdul Samad Lasi said. Two soldiers were reported injured in the gunfight. |