QUETTA: Policemen guarding coal trucks survived a powerful bomb blast in the Mandaytak area of Duki district while Kharan town was rocked with two blasts on Friday night.
Officials said that a police contingent was protecting trucks carrying coal for Punjab from Duki coal-mine field.
They said that when trucks reached Mandaytak area, an improvised explosive device, planted by unknown people at a roadside, exploded, but it caused no injuries because it exploded when the vehicles had crossed the area.