Balochistan

Qatari minister’s camp attacked

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.

Shezad Baloch October 22, 2013

According to Kech Deputy Commissioner Abdul Hameed Abro, Shaikh Ali Bin Abdullah hasn’t arrived from Qatar yet. PHOTO: APP

QUETTA: Gunmen stormed a hunting camp set up for a Qatari minister in the Zamuran area of Buleda, in Kech district, on Tuesday. One Levies force official was killed in the attack on the camp of Qatari Petroleum Minister Sheikh Ali bin Abdullah.

According to Kech Deputy Commissioner Abdul Hameed Abro, gunmen attacked the camp in the early hours of Tuesday and killed a Balochistan Levies officer. “The minister hasn’t arrived from Qatar yet,” Abro told The Express Tribune.

According to a constable of the Balochistan Levies, the gunmen also took away weapons, including two Kalashnikov assault rifles, and two vehicles. “They also torched the camp and a private vehicle,” he said.

The local administration has launched a search in the area. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack. In February last year, Ali bin Abdullah was robbed in the same area.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 23^rd, 2013.