Seven rockets hit Gwadar early on Friday but there were no reports of casualties, only minimal damage, officials said. Police officials said they found six empty cases of rocket propelled grenades and 37 submachine guns and Kalashnikovs from west of the city airport. Seven rockets were fired at the residential area of the airport, said Sher Jan Baloch, provincial minister for the Gwadar Development Authority (GDA). âFour unidentified people came on a pick-up and fired the rockets. They targeted the residential area but the rockets hit a deserted area,â he said, adding that a driver of an oil tanker was injured when a bullet struck the windscreen. Mr Baloch said the involvement of foreign elements could not be ruled out as the Gwadar Port threatened other countries with its viable economic position. He added that internally, some groups also had reservations about the developmental scheme in Gwadar. âWe are investigating the cause of the attack and those found responsible will be not be spared,â he said. Balochistan Inspector General Police Shoaib Saddle said that investigations were underway and efforts were being made to apprehended the mastermind behind the attack. Some influential people had differences over land in the area as the prices of the land in Gwadar shot up after the beginning of the development work on the Gwadar Port.
An unidentified person informed the police and that the Baloch Liberation Army and Baloch Liberation Front had claimed responsibility for the attack. Earlier this month, three Chinese engineers were killed and nine others were wounded near the Gwadar seaport project on May 4 when an explosive-laden car blew up. |