Balochistan insurgency: Four FC men injured in Turbat blast

QUETTA: At least four Frontier Corps (FC) personnel were injured on Tuesday in a blast in Kech district, police said.

According to a senior police officer Latif Baloch told The Express Tribune, a truck carrying FC personnel was on its way from Turbat bazaar to a FC camp when it was hit by a remote-controlled device planted on Turbat road. Heavy contingents of police were rushed to the spot but were not allowed access to the blast site. No one has claimed responsibility for the latest attack.

Meanwhile two rockets exploded close to a checkpoint of the paramilitary FC near the Rakhshan River in Panjgur district late Tuesday night. However, no casualty was reported.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 10^th, 2011.