Six troops killed in Dera Bugti blast

By: Bari Baloch | April 06, 2009 |
QUETTA - At least six personnel of the security forces were reportedly killed in Dera Bugti district on late Sunday night.
As per reports reaching here, unknown persons had laid a landmine in the area of Jobair near Sui Tehsil of Dera Bugti. A vehicle carrying the security forces hit the landmine causing the explosion that killed 6 personnel of the security forces and injuring 3 others. The vehicle was badly damaged in the blast. All the injured persons and dead bodies were shifted to the Sui Hospital.
Meanwhile, Sarbaaz Baloch, claiming to be a spokesman of the Baloch Republican Army (BRA), in a telephone call from an undisclosed location accepted the responsibility for the incident and said that it was a remote control bomb attack.
However, the incident could not be confirmed from the official sources.

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