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Unidentified armed men fired two rockets near the Gwadar Airport on Thursday. No loss of life was reported in the incident.
Station House Officer (SHO) Gwadar Chakar Baloch said that unidentified persons fired two rockets from unknown location which landed near the Gwadar Airport and Frontier Corps (FC) check post. No loss of life was reported.
“After the two blasts, FC forces fired blank shots in the air so that militants should feel their presence at the premises,” another police official Faiz Ahmed said. “The police and security personnel have started a search operation in the area,” he added. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
A case has been registered against unknown persons and investigation is underway.
Dispelling rumours that the airport had been attacked, Balochistan Home Minister Sarfaraz Bugti said that the facility is safe and no firing incident took place at the airport itself.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 4th, 2015.
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