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Balochistan home minister unhurt as convoy comes under attack in Mastung

QUETTA: Six people, including three police personnel, were injured in an armed attack on the convoy of Balochistan Home Minister Mir Ziaullah Langove in Mastung on Friday. A senior police official told Dawn that the home minister remained unhurt in the attack, which occurred as his convoy reached the Khad Kocha area of Mastung. He said that Langove was on his way to Quetta from Kalat. The…

Balochistan home minister unhurt as convoy comes under attack in Mastung

In Mastung, Balochistan, an armed attack on the convoy of Home Minister Mir Ziaullah Langove left six individuals injured, including three police personnel, according to a senior police official. Langove was en route to Quetta from Kalat when the attack unfolded in the Khad Kocha area. Langove, a member of the Balochistan Awami Party, remains unharmed as a result of the assault.

He was sworn in as the provincial home minister in March. The injured were transported to Nawab Raisani Memorial Hospital, with two of them in critical condition and two being referred to Quetta. Security forces have sealed off the area and initiated a search operation.

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