BU'ALE, Somalia -- Somalia's Al Shabaab militants seized MSF funded Hospital in Marerey town of Middle Jubba region after Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) announced total pullout from Somalia last Wednesday, Garowe Online reports.
According to witnesses in Marerey, truckloads of armed militias arrived at the hospital on Thursday morning and ordered the local staffers to hand over building keys and stockpiles of drugs to Al Shabaab.
"The hospital's medical staff members were disbanded by Al Shabaab militants and they didn't tell us any reason," said one of the hospital workers who spoke to Garowe Online on condition of anonymity because of his security.
Marerey hospital had been serving as a crucial health facility for local communities in both Middle Jubba and Lower Jubba regions of southern Somalia. In addition, Marerey is an agriculture-rich town and was a home to Somalia's largest sugar cane processing factory.
The seizure of MSF controlled hospital follows a move, which reportedly paved a way the looting of MSF offices in Bay regional district of Diinsoor and the closure of Diinsoor referral hospital by Al Qaeda linked Al Shabaab group.
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hospitals are unislamic
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MOGADISHU, Somalia - Car bomb went off inside Mogadishus Bakara market killing a civilian and wounding five others on Thursday according to witnesses, Garowe Online reports. Local reports added that the exploded car is owned by a well known businessman, Hussein Goley who reportedly escaped with minor injuries to his legs and he is now being treated at Madina Hospital, officials said.
While I was passing near the scene shortly after the bomb went off, I saw the twisted wreckage of the car near Dahabshiil building and the security forces were carrying out stop and check operations, said an eyewitness.
Security officials in Hawlwadag district of Mogadishu, say the explosion could have been caused by a bomb attached beneath the drivers seat or landmine.
Hussein Goley is the former owner of Global money Transfer Company, which later united with the collapsed Qaran remittance company, independent sources in Mogadishu reported.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the explosion-as has been the case for much of the deadly bombings and assassinations targeting the civilians and the Somali government officials are frequently the work of Somalias Al Shabaab group.
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[HOSTED.AP.ORG] Egyptian security forces stormed a Cairo Islamic armory mosque Saturday after shooting at gunnies firing down from a turret minaret, rounding up hundreds of hard boyz supporters of the country's ousted president who skulked hid there overnight after violent festivities killed 173 people.
Security officials said officers raided the Ramses Square Islamic armory mosque out of fears the Moslem Brüderbund again planned to set up a sit-in similar to those broken up Wednesday in assaults that killed hundreds of people. The Egyptian government meanwhile announced it had begun deliberations on whether to ban the Brotherhood, a long-outlawed organization that swept to power in the country's first democratic elections a year ago.
Such a ban - which authorities say is rooted in the group's use of violence - would be a repeat to the historic and decades-long power struggle between the state and the Brotherhood. It also could provoke more unrest in Egypt following the July 3 military coup against President Mohammed Morsi, a Brotherhood member.
More unrest? More? How could you tell?
The assault on the al-Fath Mosque began overnight Friday, as pro-Morsi protesters and gunnies fled into worship center to avoid angry vigilantes and arrest. They piled furniture in the Islamic armory's mosque's entrance to block authorities and enraged anti-Morsi protesters from reaching them.
The Islamic armory mosque earlier served as a weapons depot field hospital and an ammo dump open-air morgue as a Brotherhood-called day of protests descended into violence. By daybreak Saturday, security forces and armored personnel carriers surrounded the Islamic armory mosque and it appeared that military-led negotiations might defuse the standoff.
Then gunnies took over a mosque turret minaret and aimed random opened fire on the security forces below, the state-run MENA news agency said. The crowd around the armory mosque panicked as soldiers opened fire with assault rifles, the chaos broadcast live on local television channels.
Several security officials told The News Agency that Dare Not be Named that ending the standoff at the armory mosque was essential after receiving information that the group planned to turn it into a new sit-in protest camp. They spoke on condition of anonymity in line with regulations.
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should've taken out that minaret with tank shells. Hope they dragged the snipers down the stairs feet first
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Seems to me that in Iraq and Afghanistan, the ROEs for US troops being fired upon from mosques were so restrictive, the jihadis knew they were perfectly safe there. Since the Egyptian troops are Muslims themselves, they are under no such BS rules.
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Egyptian army is showing the world how it is done.
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I don't know what all the fuss is about. Egypt ripped apart? I think not. This is what needs to happen. Chop the MB fighters into bits and the rest will settle down. Keep an eye on what goes on in the Islamic armories and do the same to a few of the radical imams and things will settle down further. Heck, maybe even offer a reward for recordings of any radical speeches given in the mosques and that will help, too. Hard measures for hard boyz.
[Al Ahram] Alexandria's ambulance authority head, Amr Nasr, said that at least 21 were killed in Alexandria on Friday.
Nasr added that 101 were maimed in festivities, 23 of whom were rubbed out.
Ambulances transported the 21 bodies to Kom al-Dekka Morgue, Nasr said.
There is another unspecified number of bodies that have not been taken to the morgue yet, he added.
He explained that ambulances transported 44 maimed people to hospitals, including the 23 who were shot.
Security forces in Alexandria ordered the arrest of 130 demonstrators who were involved in Friday's festivities.
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[Al Ahram] The toll of Friday festivities between coppers and supporters of former President Mohamed Morsi in Arish rose to six dead and 17 injured, medical sources at the Arish Hospital told Rooters Aswat Masriya.
One of the dear departed is a police conscript, the sources added.
Morsi's supporters attacked Rommana Police Station in Arish's Ber al-Abd, police sources told Aswat Masriya earlier on Friday.
One of the attackers was shot in the chest and is in a critical condition, the source stated.
Army forces took over the cop shoppe after all coppers were cleared out of the building.
Supporters of the ousted president opened fire on and hurled petrol bombs at the Civil Defence headquarters in Arish, prompting coppers to retaliate by returning fire.
Witnesses reported hearing huge kabooms due to the grenades fired at the Civil Defence headquarters.
In a separate incident, unknown gunnies fired three rocket-propelled grenades at a rest house for North Sinai's governor.
Sinai has suffered a power vacuum ever since an uprising swept autocrat Hosni Mubarak ...The former President-for-Life of Egypt, dumped by popular demand in early 2011... from power in 2011, increasing with the overthrow of Moslem Brüderbund backed Mohamed Morsi.
Morsi supporters took to the street nationwide Friday to denounce the dispersal of pro-Morsi sit-ins in Cairo's Rabaa Al-Adawiya Square and Giza's Nahda Square, that left more than 500 dead and at least 2000 injured.
Clashes between the supporters of the ousted president and police on Friday have left tens dead.
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[Al Ahram] Egypt's Third Army dispersed a gathering of pro-Morsi protesters Friday in the Egyptian governorate of Suez.
The protesters attempted to camp out in Al-Shohada Square in Suez City after the designated curfew hours from 7pm to 9am prompting the Third Army to disperse them, according to Al-Ahram Arabic news website. The Third Army fired warning shots in the air to clear the sit-in driving Morsi loyalists to the square's side streets.
Armoured vehicles have been supplemented with ground forces to scan the area.
The square has been reopened after protesters blocked the area for most of the day by burning tires.
Nationwide, pro-Morsi protests have been organised on Friday to denounce the police's crackdown on pro-Morsi sit-ins at Cairo's Rabaa Al-Adawiya and Giza's Al-Nahda Square. The dispersal resulted in at least 500 killed and more than 2000 injured.
Moslem Brüderbund Spokesman Gehad El-Haddad said on Friday night via Twitter that protests will continue all week in what he dubbed the "departure week," in reference to the exit of what he described as coup leaders.
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Glad to see the 3rd Army has gained a clue. (and access to water)
[Al Ahram] Supporters of deposed President Mohamed Morsi stormed into two churches and two schools in Upper Egypt's Minya's Mallawi on Friday.
They attacked and looted the Catholic and the Anglican Churches as well as the Good Shepherd School and the Tahrir Schools Complex, an Aswat Masriya eyewitness reported. They also torched the Anglican Church, she added.
Some residents heard kabooms in the area surrounding the Anglican Church. The source of these kabooms could not be immediately verified.
Several churches and Christian facilities have been attacked by Morsi supporters since Wednesday, after security forces moved to forcibly disperse the two pro-Morsi's sit-ins in Cairo which resulted in the killing and injury of hundreds.
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[Al Ahram] At least 90 people have been killed in Egypt during festivities between protesters and security forces, according to medical sources and eyewitnesses.
At least 54 people were killed in Cairo's Ramses Square, a doctor at a nearby field hospital told an Ahram Online correspondent. The square in downtown Cairo was the intended destination for a number of protest marches called for by supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi, after violent dispersals of pro-Morsi sit-ins in Cairo on Wednesday.
Protest marches in several cities across Egypt also turned violent. Local medical sources and eyewitnesses told Ahram Online eight protesters were killed in festivities in the Mediterranean town of Damietta, ten in Fayoum south of Cairo, 11 in the Suez Canal city of Ismailiya, and five in Al-Arish in north Sinai. In addition, eyewitnesses confirmed to Ahram Online three deaths in Alexandria and four in Mansoura in the Nile Delta.
A police conscript was also killed in a drive-by shooting on a security checkpoint north of Cairo, state news agency MENA reported. Citing a security source, Rooters said 24 coppers had been killed and 15 cop shoppes attacked since late Thursday
There were nationwide protests in Egypt on Friday called for by the Moslem Brüderbund and its allies after a bloody crackdown on Morsi supporters on Wednesday left over 600 dead.
Official health ministry sources put the figure at 27 nationwide on Friday evening.
Western nations, including the US, Germany and La Belle France, have urged restraint and condemned the violence, but Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... 's King Abdullah said his country stood with Egypt in its battle against "terrorism."
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Need an additional 5 orders of magnitude to really make a difference.
[Al Ahram] Clashes intensified between residents of Shubra area and scores of Death Eaters supporting former President Mohamed Morsi on Friday, the state news agency reported.
Gunshots fired by Morsi supporters at the residents were heard in the area, the agency's correspondent said.
Shubra residents tried to force the attackers away from Shubra towards al-Laymoun Bridge leading to Ramsis area.
Several residents were maimed in the festivities while some youths decided to form vigilante groups to defend Shubra Police Station against attempts of armed Moslem Brüderbund elements to break into it.
Some military aircraft circled over the area.
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[Al Ahram] Eight people died and 70 were maimed in Fayoum following festivities between security forces and supporters of former President Mohamed Morsi on Friday, medical sources reported.
Some protesters seized an army tank but the army and a group of Fayoum residents managed to retrieve it, an Aswat Masriya eyewitness reported.
The festivities broke out when a pro-Morsi march reached the Sawaqi Square and some young boys hurled stones at it.
Police forces intervened and fired shots in the air and teargas to disperse the protesters.
On the other hand, tens of thousands of the Moslem Brüderbund's and Mursi's supporters marched from various mosques and finally merged into one march that roamed Fayoum's main streets.
The marching demonstrators chanted, "Down with the military rule" and "Islamic state, Islamic state".
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The Egyptian army has started pulling heavy military equipment to the center of Cairo, where demonstrators, supporters of the ousted president Mohammed Morsi, began to gather, Anadolu reported on Friday. It is reported that the tanks and special equipment are being pulled to the center of Cairo from the provinces of Ismailiyya and Suez.
The Muslim Brotherhood movement is planning to hold mass protests in Cairo after Friday prayers on August 16. The procession called "The Friday of Wrath" will commence following the prayers from all the mosques of Cairo.
The death toll during the army crackdown on protesters, supporters of ex-President Mohammed Morsi, has increased to 680. The Muslim Brotherhood leaders claim that nearly 2,000 people were killed during the crackdown and about 15,000 civilians injured.
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The Egyptian army has started pulling heavy military equipment to the center of Cairo,
No boy, no! You're doin it all wrong. Look here, you move or assemble heavy military equipment in the urban center. Pay attention, boy, (he's built too low, all the good stuff going over his head) now get away from that flame-thrower, it's not meant to be pulled. I swear..... journalists theese days.
Five civilians and one policeman were killed on Friday in violence in Egypt's Sinai peninsula, security sources said.
Protesters tried to storm security headquarters and police stations in al-Arish city, after police forces moved to break up protests, dpa reported. Fifteen civilians and three policemen were injured.
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The Egyptian defense minister has ordered the repair and reconstruction of all churches that suffered damage in the country's violent demonstrations since the Egyptian military removed President Mohamed Morsi from power last month. Defense minister Col. Gen. Abdel Fattah El-Sisi intends to fix the damage to Coptic churches at Rabaa Adaweya and Nahda squares, according to a report by the Mid-East Christian News.
Dozens of churches were attacked and burned in riots after thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Cairo and other Egyptian cities to demand the end of what they call military rule, following the removal of Morsi on July 3. Many of Morsi's supporters have voiced criticism at Egypt's Christian minority for largely supporting the military's decision to oust him from office.
"The Egyptian defense minister ordered the engineering department of the armed forces to swiftly repair all the affected churches, in recognition of the historical and national role played by our Coptic brothers," read a statement that aired on Egyptian television.
Bishop Mousa thanked Sisi for his efforts to repair the damaged churches.
"We thank Col. Gen. Sisi for commissioning the brave Egyptian armed forces to rebuild the places of worship damaged during the recent events," Bishop Mousa said on Twitter.
The Maspero Youth Union, a Coptic Christian youth movement, says there's a "retaliation war" against the religious minority, which makes up around 10 percent of Egypt's population, according to a report by AFP.
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR), an Egyptian NGO, says at least 25 churches were torched this week, and attackers also targeted Christian schools, shops and homes across all 27 provinces.
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I'd rather he rounded up and shot the bastards who torched the churches.
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[Bangla Daily Star] Mufti Jasimuddin Rahmani, the spiritual leader of Ansarullah Bangla Team, had as many as 3,000 followers and over 100 of them believe in armed Jihad (struggle), detectives said.
"Primary investigation suggests over 100 of his [Jasim's] followers are inclined to engage in armed struggle. Some even took part in armed struggle abroad," Mashiur Rahman, additional deputy commissioner of Detective Branch, told The Daily Star yesterday.
The group even included members of banned krazed killer outfits Harkat-ul-Jihad-al Islami (HuJI Founded in 1984 by Fazlur Rehman Khalil and Qari Saifullah Aktar. The Bangla branch was established in 1992 with assistance from Osama bin Laden. Recruits come mostly from Deobandi madrassahs. HuJI and Fazlur Rehman Khalil are signators of bin Laden's declaration of war on the west. ) and Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh, the official added without specifying any name.
"Many of them believe in armed struggle or Jihad and they are under our watch. We're trying to arrest them," said Mashiur, who is leading an investigation and operation against the Ansarullah network.
Jasim had following among different strata of the society, from hawkers to university students, the ADC said.
His followers listened to speeches of prominent al-Qaeda leaders, he said, adding that law enforcers are still unsure as to whether they had any link to the global terror outfit.
Mashiur Rahman, however, said law enforcers would be able to know about the Ansarullah network in detail once Jasimuddin is interrogated during remand.
Barguna police on Monday locked away ... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not... Jasimuddin along with his 30 followers when he was holding a secret meeting in the dead of night at his residence.
Police have appealed to a local court seeking a 10-day remand for the detainees. The hearing on the prayer is scheduled for August 27.
Members of Ansarullah Bangla Team allegedly criminal masterminded the killing of blogger Ahmed Rajib Haider on February 15.
The krazed killers, who follow the idealism of Anwar al-Awlaki ... Born in Las Cruces, New Mexico, zapped in Yemen, al-Awlaki was a dual citizen of the U.S. and Yemen. He was an Islamic holy man who was a trainer for al-Qaeda and its franchises. His sermons were attended by three of the 9/11 hijackers, by Fort Hood murderer Nidal Malik Hussein, and Undieboomer Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab. He was the first U.S. citizen ever placed on a CIA target list... , "spiritual leader" of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, have campaigned for Jihad through blogs and other online platforms.
They also wrote blog posts on how to make bombs with cheap materials available in the kitchen.
Meanwhile, ...back at the wrecked scow, a single surviver held tightly to the smashed prow... The Daily Star found that Jasim left the job of Khatib at Hatembagh mosque in the capital's Rayerbazar two years ago as the mosque authorities under political pressure had requested him to avoid "objectionable sermons".
However, a poor excuse is better than no excuse at all... the mosque authorities never dared to sack Jasim as they feared reprisal from the "influential people" he could attract through his "electrifying sermons", said locals.
During his longer-than-usual oration, Jasim inspired the mosque-goers to take part in Jihad, said a number of locals, wishing anonymity.
During his sermons after the Jum'a prayers every Friday, his followers used to scream in unison, affirming that they agree to his call for Jihad.
Jasim later joined as a Khatib at a mosque located in a sparsely populated area in Basila of Mohammadpur.
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[Dawn] Security forces killed eight armed gunnies during a search operation on Friday night in 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... 's troubled Bolan district in the aftermath of the attack on Rawalpindi-bound Jaffar Express train, a senior administration official said.
Deputy Commissioner Bolan Abdul Waheed Shah told news hounds that security forces launched a search operation in mountains of Machh and Kolpur, killing eight krazed killers.
Shah said the gunnies resisted the operation and both sides exchanged heavy firing during the action that continued for more than five hours. "Tension prevails in the area after the killings," he said.
More troops were called in the area to control the situation developed after the armed clash. However, if you can't say something nice about a person some juicy gossip will go well... a local levies official, who requested not to be named since he was not authorised to speak to media, told Dawn.com that helicopters were also being used in the search operation.
"Two helicopters are hovering over mountains of Machh and other areas of Bolan," he said.
Armed gunnies killed four passengers and injured another 27 in a rocket attack at Jaffar Express earlier in the day. The attack was followed by fierce festivities between security forces and armed krazed killers.
"As the train reached Dozan area of Machh, there was a huge blast," an injured of the attack Mohibullah told Dawn.com. He said the blast was followed by intense firing by frontier corps personnel guarding the Jaffar Express.
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[Dawn] Unknown myrmidons bumped off Awami National Party (ANP) leader Najma Hanif after breaking into her house in Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. late on Friday night.
She was bumped off at her residence in phase one of the upscale Hyatabad neighbourhood of Peshawar.
Police sources told Dawn.com that unknown gunniesshot up Najma Hanif after breaking into her home just before midnight on Friday. The attackers managed to escape the site unhurt and unidentified, they added.
In-charge of police unit at Hyatabad Medical Complex, Ismail khan has confirmed that Najma Hanif was hit in the head and face and was received dead at the hospital.
It is pertinent to mention that her husband Hanif Jadoon, who also was an ANP leader, was killed along with his son and guard in a suicide kaboom in July 2011.
The ANP leader was a candidate for a provincial assembly seat reserved for women in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa ... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central... . Her body has been sent to her native town in Swabi district.
ANP chief Asfandyar Wali has condemned the brutal killing saying sacrifices of Najma's family will always be remembered.
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Unidentified militants killed two people and wounded 24 Friday in a gun and rocket attack on a passenger train in restive southwest Pakistan, officials said. Women and children were among the casualties in the attack, which came in Dozan area, some 35 kilometres southeast of Quetta, the main town of Baluchistan province, which is beset by separatist, Islamist and sectarian violence.
"We have taken two dead bodies and 24 injured to the hospital, the condition of most of the injured was critical because of excessive bleeding," Zubair Kurd, a local government official in the area told AFP, warning that the death toll may increase.
Kurd said the attackers were hiding in the mountains and first started firing and then fired at least three rockets at the train, which was travelling from Quetta to Rawalpindi, the twin city of Islamabad.
"They managed to escape. we have launched a search operation," Kurd added.
The attack came nine days after separatist gunmen shot dead 14 people, including three security officials in Mach area, close to Dozan. Later on August 10, Pakistani troops claimed killing eight rebels linked to that attack.
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BU'ALE, Somalia -- Somalia's Al Shabaab militants seized MSF funded Hospital in Marerey town of Middle Jubba region after Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) announced total pullout from Somalia last Wednesday, Garowe Online reports.
MOGADISHU, Somalia - Car bomb went off inside Mogadishus Bakara market killing a civilian and wounding five others on Thursday according to witnesses, Garowe Online reports. Local reports added that the exploded car is owned by a well known businessman, Hussein Goley who reportedly escaped with minor injuries to his legs and he is now being treated at Madina Hospital, officials said.
[Al Ahram] Egypt's Third Army dispersed a gathering of pro-Morsi protesters Friday in the Egyptian governorate of Suez.
[Al Ahram] Supporters of deposed President Mohamed Morsi stormed into two churches and two schools in Upper Egypt's Minya's Mallawi on Friday.
[Al Ahram] At least 90 people have been killed in Egypt during 
[Al Ahram] Clashes intensified between residents of Shubra area and scores of 
[Al Ahram] Eight people died and 70 
The Egyptian defense minister has ordered the repair and reconstruction of all churches that suffered damage in the country's violent demonstrations since the Egyptian military removed President Mohamed Morsi from power last month. Defense minister Col. Gen. Abdel Fattah El-Sisi intends to fix the damage to Coptic churches at Rabaa Adaweya and Nahda squares, according to a report by the Mid-East Christian News.
[Bangla Daily Star] Mufti Jasimuddin Rahmani, the spiritual leader of Ansarullah Bangla Team, had as many as 3,000 followers and over 100 of them believe in armed Jihad (struggle), detectives said.
Unidentified militants killed two people and wounded 24 Friday in a gun and rocket attack on a passenger train in restive southwest Pakistan, officials said. Women and children were among the casualties in the attack, which came in Dozan area, some 35 kilometres southeast of Quetta, the main town of Baluchistan province, which is beset by separatist, Islamist and sectarian violence.
