QUETTA: At least four people were injured in a blast near Quetta’s Sariab Road on Saturday.
An official of the bomb disposal squad said that it was a home-made device packed with five-kilogram explosive material. Motive behind the explosion was yet to be ascertained, the official added.
On being informed police and rescue officials rushed to the scene and shifted the wounded to the hospital. Soon after the blast, a heavy contingent of police, along with the bomb disposal squad reached the site of the explosion and cordoned off the area as investigations into the incident went underway.
Meanwhile, the Balochistan home minister condemned the incident and directed authorities concerned to submit a detailed inquiry report at the earliest.
He directed to provide the best medical facilities to the injured people. The home minister said that the culprit involved in the incident will be taken to task.
On January 10, four people were injured in an explosion in Turbat’s Cinema bazaar in Balochistan. According to details, the blast occurred near the check post of security forces and also damaged two nearby cars. Soon after the blast, police and Frontier Corps (FC) personnel cordoned off the area and started investigations.
The injured were shifted to District Headquarters Hospital, Turbat for medical treatment. The attack is suspected to have been carried out by terrorists seeking to target an FC check post.
The attack comes less than three months after a soldier of the Pakistan Army embraced martyrdom and three others suffered injuries in an attack on security forces near the Jhaki post in Turbat.
According to Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the terrorists had opened fire on the security forces’ patrolling party some 35km southeast of Turbat. During the ensuing exchange of fire, Lance Naik Waseem Ullah was martyred and three other soldiers suffered injuries.
Earlier, a student was killed and three FC personnel injured in a roadside explosion in Turbat’s Absar area in August 2020. An improvised explosive device was detonated with a remote control when the FC convoy reached the area.
