QUETTA – At least nine persons were killed and and 11 others injured in a bomb blast in Satellite Town area of the provincial capital, here on Wednesday morning.
Confirming the incident, Balochistan Home Minister Mir Sarfaraz Bugti said that the personnel of law enforcement agencies were among the dead and injured. “We were living in a conflict zone and hostile agencies were targeting us,” he said.
“It is a conflict zone and hostile agencies have been carrying out sabotage acts after China-Pak Economic Corridor (CPEC) and other mega projects were announced in the region,” he said. Bugti said that it was being investigated whether it was a suicide attack or a bomb blast.
The minister said that the personnel of Frontier Corps and Police were escorting the anti-polio campaign volunteers when the blast took place near a health center. The law enforcement agencies and rescue teams rushed to the site and shifted the dead and injured to Civil Hospital.
The condition of eight injured was reported critical by the paramedics at the hospital. The law enforcement agencies have cordoned off the area and launched search operation.
DAILY TIMES.
YEMI.
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