At least 14 people were killed and more than 40 maimed in a powerful IED kaboom outside a seminary in Satellite Town area on Sariab Link road of the metropolis here on Thursday, DawnNews reported.The bomb exploded outside the gates of the seminary as a degree ceremony for students was being held inside, police told news hounds.
Around five to six kilogrammes of kaboom was used in the bomb, police sources said.
The maimed were taken to Quetta's Civil Hospital, while 13 people who had serious injuries were shifted to Combined Mlitary Hospital (CMH) hospital.
Emergency was imposed in all the hospitals of the city.
Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Operations Qazi Abdul Wahid said, unknown men planted kaboom in a bicycle and parked it outside the gate of a religious seminary Jamia Islamia Miftahul Uloom, Satellite Town, Sariab.
The DIG operations said that the bicycle was loaded with flower garlands and the police personnel deployed for security outside the seminary and other people took it as they were brought for the students who would get certificates in the ceremony inside the seminary.