Unidentified men fired rockets early Sunday at the home of a cabinet minister of Pakistan 's southwestern Balochistan province, killing his guard and injuring eight others, a police officer said.

Two rockets struck the home of Abdul Quddus Bizinjo, minister for livestock, after midnight in the Railway Housing Society in Quetta, the Baluchistan's capital, Senior Superintend Police Operations Ghulam Mohammed Dogar told reporters.

The minister's guard died on the spot, while eight injured, two of them in a critical state, were sent to hospital.

No one has claimed responsibility for the attack and police has detained four persons for questioning.

Source: Xinhua