QUETTA, Pakistan, Jan 8, SPA -- Assailants with rockets and riflesattacked a natural gas plant in a remote tribal region ofPakistan, triggering a shootout that left a woman and hertwo children dead, a senior government official saidSaturday. The woman's home was hit by a rocket late Friday when themilitants attacked the main natural gas facility in Sui,about 350 kilometers (215 miles) southeast of Quetta, saidAbdul Rauf. He said a gas pipeline also caught fire after it was hitby some rockets, and the security officials deployed therereturned fire in the direction from where they believed therockets were launched. "The exchange of fire continued for hours, and we have noidea whether the terrorists suffered any casualties," hetold The Associated Press in a telephone interview.--SPA1358 Local Time 1058 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/230861
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