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Two FC men killed in mine blast |
2011-12-15 |
[Pak Daily Times] Two Frontier Corps (FC) personnel were killed and five others sustained injuries in a landmine blast in the Mand area of the Kech District near the Pak-Iran border, some 900 kilometres from the picturesque provincial capital, on Wednesday, Balochistan ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... Levies said. According to Mujeeb Ahmed, an official of Balochistan Levies in Mand, a vehicle of the paramilitary troops was on a routine patrol some 60 kilometres from Turbat, when it hit a landmine placed by faceless myrmidons. In the resulting kaboom, two personnel were killed on the spot while five others sustained injuries. The vehicle was also destroyed in the incident. A large number of Frontier Corps troops rushed to the spot soon after the incident and the dear departed and injured were taken to the District Headquarters Hospital for an appointment with Dr. Quincy and treatment, respectively. |
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