Six people were wounded in a grenade attack while insurgents bombed a gas pipeline in southwestern Pakistan as unrest continued over the killing of a rebel chieftain, police said. Unidentified attackers on a motorbike hurled a grenade at a crowd outside a shop in Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan province where violence has erupted almost daily over the leader's death in a military offensive on August 26. "Six people were brought to our hospital, they were hit by splinters," Raz Mohammad, a doctor at a state hospital, told AFP. "Their injuries were not serious." The attack came hours after a rally in Quetta to protest the killing of Nawab Akbar Bugti, who had been leading tribal rebels in a violent campaign for autonomy and a greater share of revenue from Balushistan's natural resources.
Rebels detonated a bomb Sunday that blew up a pipeline and disrupted gas supplies to thousands of homes in Mastung and Qalat districts, local police officer Hamid Shakil said. The blast took place 35 kilometers (21 miles) south of Quetta, amid calls by opposition parties to stage demonstrations across Baluchistan.