At least 17 killed when rockets hit temple in Pakistan

  • 12/15/2022
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Quetta, March 21, SPA -- Seventeen minority Hindus werekilled when their temple was hit by rockets during fightingbetween renegade tribesmen and security forces in a restivetribal town in southwestern Pakistan last week, a government official said Monday. The fighting in the town of Dera Bugti erupted lastThursday after the tribesmen allegedly attacked a convoy ofpickup trucks carrying paramilitary troops along a mountainroad. Officials have said up to 45 people, including eightsoldiers, were killed in the clashes between the FrontierCorps troops and Bugti tribesmen, who dominate Dera Bugti.--SPA1132 Local Time 0832 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/248351

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