Six Killed in Pakistan Violence
02 April 2006
Pakistani officials say a series of explosions in the troubled southwestern province of Baluchistan has killed at least six people and wounded more than 25.
Authorities say the first blast hit a state-run dairy farm in the town of Kohlu Sunday, killing three people and wounding 16.
Hours later, a bomb explosion at a gas exploration site southeast of the provincial capital, Quetta, killed two police officers and wounded eight others.
Elsewhere, a tractor hit a land mine on a dirt road, killing the driver.
No one has claimed responsibility for the attacks, but authorities blame ethnic Baluch tribesmen who want greater autonomy and a bigger share of the profits from the region's natural resources.
Meanwhile, pro-Taleban militants in the North Waziristan region fired rockets at Pakistani troops late Saturday, killing one and wounding at least four.
Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP.
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