QUETTA: At least four people lost their lives and scores other injured in what has initially been reported as a bomb blast in Rakhni area of Barkhan.
Locals present on the spot posted a number of videos online, showing grisly scenes at the blast site. People lifted those killed and injured in the blast and shifted them to a local private hospital.
The police have reached the site along with rescue officials and cordoned it off.
According to information gathered by MM News from local administration as well as journalists fraternity, the bomb was planted in a motorbike, parked outside a hair saloon, went off, killing and injuring innocent people.
بلوچستان رکھنی بم دھماکے میں جاں بحق اور زخمی ہونے والوں کے نام pic.twitter.com/6UE7ZUUZdE
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Meanwhile, CM Balochistan Mir Abdul Qudoos Bizenjo has strongly condemned the terror incident in Barkhan’s Rakhni area, saying that those spilling the blood of the innocent people are enemies of the entire humanity.
Bizenjo once again vowed that the nefarious designs of the enemies would be foiled, and instructed home department as well as police to review their strategy in wake of surge in terror incidents in the province.