Dera Bugti:
At least three people were killed and four other seriously injured in two separate land mining explosions on Wednesday in the SUI area of Dera Bugti’s district of Balochistan.
The first explosion took place around 1 p.m. 7 in Saghari Village. A woman, her 8-year-old daughter and a local resident, Ghulam Nabi, was killed immediately when they stepped outside their homes. Eyewitnesses said the explosion was so severe that the victims’ bodies were unrecognizable.
The second explosion took place in the border area Yaru, where two men, a woman and her 10-year-old son were caused by injuries. Levies staff rushed to the place and transported the wounded to Dera Bugti Civil Hospital. Doctors later described the condition of the victims as critical.
Residents told Express News that no military activity had found nearby, suggesting that the land mines had been planted deliberately to targets against farmers and civilians. “Landmines have become a daily threat in our area. We are afraid of even letting our children leave home,” said a local resident.
Levies and Frontier Corps staff closed the explosion sites and launched a search operation. Authorities confirmed that a team of experts had been called to assess the nature of the explosives. District officials announced an investigation into the incident. No group has yet assumed responsibility for the blasts.
