QUETTA, May 14: Two Bugti tribesmen were killed when a landmine exploded near Dera Bugti on Wednesday.

A police official said Noora Khan Bugti and Gora Khan Bugti died in the Patokh area.

Also on Wednesday, rockets were fired from mountains on a Frontier Corps checkpoint in the Mawand area of Kohlu district. The attack triggered a heavy exchange of fire between security personnel and the assailants.

Official sources did not report any casualty, but a spokesman for the outlawed Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), Beebargh Baloch, claimed that security forces had suffered heavy losses in the rocket attack.He said some trucks parked in a camp had been destroyed and several security personnel killed and injured.

Meanwhile, gas supply to Pir Koh plant from several wells was suspended after a blast.

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