Illicit movement: Landmine blast near Iran border kills three
Vehicle carrying women hit mine when crossing the border, says Chaghi official
Levies and Frontier Corps (FC) Balochistan’s contingents rushed to the spot and shifted the bodies and injured to District Headquarters Hospital for medico-legal process. PHOTO: EXPRESS/FILE
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At least three people including two women were killed on Wednesday as a result of a landmine blast near the Rajhay area of district Chaghi near Pak-Iran border.
According to Levies, the vehicle carrying two women and a child hit a landmine laid by unknown persons near the Rajhay area of Chaghi district near the Pak-Iran border. “Two women Bibi Naseema and Bibi Maryam and the vehicle driver Abdul Rehman Reki were killed as a result of landmine blast on the spot while a child sustained critical wounds.”
Levies and Frontier Corps (FC) Balochistan’s contingents rushed to the spot and shifted the bodies and injured to District Headquarters Hospital for medico-legal process.
Deputy Commissioner Chaghi Imran Ibrahim said, “The vehicle illegally crossed the border and was moving towards its destination when the driver accelerated over a landmine.”
Footage surfacing after the blast showed the wreckage of the vehicle, which was destroyed due to the intensity of the explosion.
Security forces have lodged a case against unknown persons and opened investigation.
4 killed in blast near Pak-Iran border
Pak-Iran border is notorious as a conduit for smugglers who carry drugs in illicit movements. Border forces tightened security following terrorists’ activities on the border.
At least three people including two women were killed on Wednesday as a result of a landmine blast near the Rajhay area of district Chaghi near Pak-Iran border.
According to Levies, the vehicle carrying two women and a child hit a landmine laid by unknown persons near the Rajhay area of Chaghi district near the Pak-Iran border. “Two women Bibi Naseema and Bibi Maryam and the vehicle driver Abdul Rehman Reki were killed as a result of landmine blast on the spot while a child sustained critical wounds.”
Levies and Frontier Corps (FC) Balochistan’s contingents rushed to the spot and shifted the bodies and injured to District Headquarters Hospital for medico-legal process.
Deputy Commissioner Chaghi Imran Ibrahim said, “The vehicle illegally crossed the border and was moving towards its destination when the driver accelerated over a landmine.”
Footage surfacing after the blast showed the wreckage of the vehicle, which was destroyed due to the intensity of the explosion.
Security forces have lodged a case against unknown persons and opened investigation.
4 killed in blast near Pak-Iran border
Pak-Iran border is notorious as a conduit for smugglers who carry drugs in illicit movements. Border forces tightened security following terrorists’ activities on the border.