Bomb wounds five policemen in Pakistan: officials
PAKISTAN - 26 JANUARY 2010
QUETTA, Pakistan At least five people including a district police chief were wounded Tuesday in a bombing in Pakistan's southwest, troubled by Islamist and separatist unrest, officials said.
The remote-controlled bomb exploded in Jafferabad town, 400 kilometres (248 miles) southeast of Quetta, the capital of oil and gas-rich Baluchistan province, which borders Iran and Afghanistan.
"The bomb was planted in a motorbike and it went off as the vehicle of the district police chief passed by, injuring him and four other police officials, two of them seriously," top administration official Said Jamal said.
Local security officials confirmed the incident but said no one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.
Bomb explosions and drive-by shootings are frequent in Baluchistan, which is rife with Islamist militancy, sectarian violence and an insurgency.
Hundreds of people have died since Baluch rebels rose up in 2004, lashing out against the central government, demanding political autonomy and a greater share of profits from the region's wealth of natural resources.
Source: AFP
PAKISTAN - 26 JANUARY 2010
QUETTA, Pakistan At least five people including a district police chief were wounded Tuesday in a bombing in Pakistan's southwest, troubled by Islamist and separatist unrest, officials said.
The remote-controlled bomb exploded in Jafferabad town, 400 kilometres (248 miles) southeast of Quetta, the capital of oil and gas-rich Baluchistan province, which borders Iran and Afghanistan.
"The bomb was planted in a motorbike and it went off as the vehicle of the district police chief passed by, injuring him and four other police officials, two of them seriously," top administration official Said Jamal said.
Local security officials confirmed the incident but said no one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.
Bomb explosions and drive-by shootings are frequent in Baluchistan, which is rife with Islamist militancy, sectarian violence and an insurgency.
Hundreds of people have died since Baluch rebels rose up in 2004, lashing out against the central government, demanding political autonomy and a greater share of profits from the region's wealth of natural resources.
Source: AFP
