...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
on Thursday. At least five people were killed and 23 others maimed in a powerful kaboom in Quetta. The injured included three personnel of Frontier Corps (FC), five policeman, women and kiddies. Police said unidentified people had fitted explosives with a cycle of violence and parked it at Sirki Road. The bomb went
kaboom!soon after a security vehicle passed by.
"The blast badly damaged over seven vehicles, including that of the security forces, and shattered windowpanes of nearby markets and a bank," a police official said, adding that 7 to 8 kilogrammes of explosive was used in the bomb that exploded remotely.
He said that the vehicle of security forces was the main target of the bomb. Most of the injured were passersby. The rescue workers shifted the dead and injured to Civil Hospital Quetta.
Later, the seriously injured people were shifted to CMH. One policeman and a scavenger were among the dead. The condition of three of the injured was said to be serious.
Balochistan Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch strongly condemned the kaboom and said that those who are committing such acts are not well-wishers of anybody. Meanwhikle, three people were maimed in a kaboom in Chaman town which borders Afghanistan.
Chaman Assistant Commissioner Ismail Ibrahim said that the explosives were rigged to a motorbike which was parked at Eidgah Chowk.
"The explosives were detonated remotely," Ibrahim said.
The injured were moved to a local hospital for medical aid and later shifted to Quetta where condition of one of them was said to be serious.
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The spokesperson of Balochistan National Party (BNP) said the victims were their activists and had been targeted because of the party's political views. Similarly, two dead bodies were recovered from Panjgur District.
The victims had been rubbed out. In another incident, armed bikers hurled a hand grenade in Turbat town of Kech District, killing two men who were said to be labourers hailing from Gilgit-Baltistan.
Moreover, three women were maimed in a landmine blast in Dera Bugti.