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| Blast in Jaffarabad claims four lives |
| 2010-01-29 |
| [Dawn] Four people were killed and 20 others injured in an explosion in Sobatpur town of Jaffarabad on Thursday. An explosive device attached to a bicycle parked near a small restaurant went off when a pick-up arrived there. Jaffarabad's District Police Officer Syed Fareed Ali Shah told Dawn that the device contained about 2kg of explosives. Three people died on the spot and the fourth in a hospital. Three of them were identified as Pervez, Irshad and Sawali. Most of the people who suffered injuries were inside the restaurant. A woman and two girls were among the inured. They were passing by the area. The injured were taken to civil hospital in Dera Allahyar and 10 of them who had suffered serious injuries were taken to a hospital in Larkana. The pick-up was completely destroyed. The restaurant and some nearby shops were partially damaged. According to sources, tribesmen supporting Nawab Aali Bugti who were in the pick-up were the target of the blast. Police have registered a case. It was the third blast in Jaffarabad and Panjgur districts in four days. |
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