Three rockets hit home of Pakistani official

  • 12/15/2022
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Quetta, June 26, SPA -- Three rockets hit the perimeterwall of the home of the top government official in southwestern Pakistan on Sunday, wounding a guard and shattering windows at the building, an official said. Jam Mohammed Yousaf, chief minister of the southwesternBaluchistan province, and his family were in the provincialcapital Quetta when the pre-dawn attack on his family homehappened in Kalat, a town about 200 kilometers (125 miles)south of Quetta, said Maj. Akbar Lashari, a paramilitaryofficial. A private guard at the home was slightly hurt by shrapnelfrom one of the rockets, The Associated Press quoted Lashari as saying. No one claimed responsibility and Lashari said "we areinvestigating who were the attackers and what message theywanted to convey."--SPA1038 Local Time 0738 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/272580

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