QUETTA: Five labourers were killed and five others, including two security personnel, were seriously injured in a bomb blast near Sibi in Balochistan.
The blast reportedly occurred in the Tandori area, some 30km from Sibi town where the labourers were going to work on a water pipeline project in the area. The labourers were travelling in a pick-up truck which was targeted by the roadside bomb which went off when the vehicle was passing through the area.
Deputy Commissioner of Sibi Syed Zahid Shah confirmed the incident, saying that the deceased labourers belonged to Punjab. He said it was an improvised explosive device planted at the roadside of the mountainous area between Sibi and Harnai.
Four of the deceased were identified as Usman Yousaf, Haider Ali, Mazhar Hussain and Mohammad Bashir. No group has claimed responsibility for the blast. The Deputy Commissioner said the two injured security personnel were travelling with the labourers to provide them security
Security personnel rushed to the area receiving information about the incident and shifted the bodies and the injured to a hospital in Sibi. A search operation has been lauched in the area to arrest the those involved in the incident.
