WEBESK: On Monday, eight people, including six security personnel, were injured in a bomb attack on a truck convoy guarding the copper project in the Mangochar area of the Kalat district.
According to officials, a convoy of trucks that was transporting blaster copper from the Saindak project to Karachi, was targeted on the Quetta-Karachi National Highway in Mangochar.
“A total of six security personnel and a civilian driver have been injured in the Kalat attack,” said a senior official of the Kalat administration. They went on to add that the injured from the Kalat attack had been moved to the district hospital for further observation.
Unknown armed militants had planted an explosive device near the NADRA office on the main highway, and when the convoy, reached the site, a powerful explosion occurred.
This was followed by some heavy gunfire which went on for quite some time. As a result of the Kalat attack, eight people were injured.
The incident was confirmed by a senior official of MRDL and Saindak Metals Limited (SML), the company running the Saindak copper project.
In another incident involving heavy gunfire between security forces and armed militants, who had blocked the Quetta-Sibi highway, one more individual lost their life on Monday. The death toll from the incident reached 2 while 3 others were injured.
Farooq Kurd, the person in question, was a resident of Quetta and lost his life after he succumbed to his injuries.
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