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QUETTA: Two Frontier Corps (FC) personnel were injured on Monday in an explosion on Quetta’s Sariab Road.
According to FC spokesperson, the personnel were on routine patrol in a village when the bomb fitted in a motorcycle on the roadside detonated remotely as they approached the site.
The injured officials have been shifted to the FC hospital. A large number of security personnel along with a bomb disposal squad reached the site immediately after the explosion. The area was cordoned off and a search operation was initiated.
It must be noted that Pakistan has seen an increase in attacks in recent months with several terrorism-related incidents being reported especially in Balochistan.
At least 13 terrorists were killed and seven security personnel were martyred during armed attacks on two security forces camps in Naushki and Panjgur districts last week. Last month, 17 people, including two policemen had been injured in a grenade attack in Dera Allahyar town of Jaffarabad district.