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Attack destroys Pakistan airport
Suspected local tribesmen in south-west Pakistan have wrecked an airport in a rocket attack on the country’s biggest natural gas field, police say.
The unidentified assailants fired more than 20 rockets at the airport building in the town of Sui in Balochistan province, security officials said.
The airport belonged to a state-run gas company, Pakistan Petroleum.
Correspondents say local tribesmen are in dispute with the company over royalties from the gas fields.
During the raid on Saturday night, the assailants opened fire on paramilitary Frontier Corps soldiers who were guarding the airport and the gas pipeline.
They retaliated, but it was not clear whether any of the attackers had been hurt, according to local police officials.
The officials said the small two-room airport building was totally destroyed by the rocket barrage.
Some reports say the attackers had planted explosives around the wall of the building.