Pro-govt tribal elder escapes blast; two dead

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QUETTA – A pro-government notable of Marri tribe escape a life attempt while two of his loyalists, including his nephew, lost their lives and three others wounded in a remote controlled bomb explosion in Kohlu district on Saturday. Deputy Commissioner Kohlu Nasrullah Rind told this scribe that Mir Shahnawaz Marri was on his way to Bala Dhaka when a roadside remote control bomb exploded in Kashk area near the Frontier Corps Fort.
Muhammad Din and Bahar Khan were killed on the spot and three others identified as Mian Khan, Habibur Rehman and Saifullah received critical wounds. However, Shahnawaz remained unhurt. Soon after the blast, the Levies rushed to the site and moved the dead and injured to the Kohlu Civil Hospital. No group has claimed the responsibility for the blast so far.