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FACTBOX-Security developments in Pakistan, Dec 7

by Reuters
Tuesday, 7 December 2010 08:20 GMT

Dec 7 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Pakistan at 0733 GMT on Tuesday.

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* KOHLU - Three people were killed and four wounded when their vehicle hit a landmine in the town of Kohlu in southwestern Baluchistan province, police said.

Separatist militants seeking more autonomy have waged a low-level insurgency for decades in the province.

QUETTA - At least nine people were wounded in a suicide bombing targeting the convoy of Nawab Mohammad Aslam Raisani, the chief minister of Baluchistan, police said.

Five policemen were among those wounded, while the suicide bomber was killed in the attack, said senior police official Tariq Manzoor. Raisani escaped unhurt. (Compiled by Faisal Aziz) (For more Reuters coverage of Pakistan, see: http://www.reuters.com/places/pakistan)

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