QUETTA: A Frontier Corps (FC) soldier was injured when unidentified people fired a rocket at an FC checkpoint on Sariab Road late on Monday night. Police said the rocket was fired from five to six km away and hit a wall near the checkpoint. Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Pervez Rafi Bhatti said another explosion was heard from the same area at the same time, but there were no reports of any damage.
Meanwhile, a bomb exploded on Adalat Road on Monday evening, but caused no damage to life or property. The CCPO said police had arrested about 35 suspects in connection with the Meezan Chowk blast that killed 11 people including two soldiers. He said 30 of them were released and five were still being interrogated. He said one suspect was arrested from the house of an influential tribal chief. About the arrests and continuing bomb blasts, he said the explosions could be in retaliation of the arrests. He said police had arrested several important people and their cohorts could have accelerated their activities to pressure the government.
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