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Rocket attack on railway engine kills driver
Quetta (Pakistan), Oct 03: Assailants fired a rocket and opened machine gun fire on a railway engine in southwestern Pakistan, killing its driver and wounding two others, a senior railway official said today.
Quetta (Pakistan), Oct 03: Assailants fired a
rocket and opened machine gun fire on a railway engine in
southwestern Pakistan, killing its driver and wounding two
others, a senior railway official said today.
Nobody claimed responsibility for the attack late
Thursday in Sibi, about 150 km southeast of Quetta, the
capital of Pakistan's Baluchistan province. Wounded in the
attack were a rail worker and a police officer who was on the
engine.
The engine was not connected to a train when the
attack occurred, said Imdad Hussain, an official at Pakistan
Railways. He gave no other details and said authorities were
still investigating.
Tribesmen often attack buses and trains in the region
over disputes with the government over land and other issues.
Bureau Report