 A nurse died and two other people including a pregnant woman were injured when a bomb exploded in the gynaecology ward of a hospital in Kohlu district, officials said on Sunday. Police said they suspect that tribal rebels, who are fighting for greater autonomy and a share of profits from Balochistan's natural resources, could be involved in the blast. The bomb went off late on Saturday in the labour ward of a small hospital in Kohlu district, 400 kilometres southeast of Quetta, said local government official Ali Gul. "It killed a female nurse and wounded a patient and her 13-year-old daughter," he said. The injured were out of danger. "It was a terrorist attack," Gul said. Police official Talib Hussain said the "massive blast" destroyed the ward. Insurgents also blew up a pipeline supplying gas to Quetta late on Saturday, police said. The militants used about 1.5 kilogrammes of explosives to blow up the line, disrupting supplies to the city, police official Tariq Manzoor said. |