Three killed, 28 wounded in suicide blast on police truck in Quetta
QUETTA (MNP) – At least three people including a woman were killed and 28 others, including 20 cops, injured in a suicide blast on a police vehicle in Balali area, witnesses and police said.
Emergency responders and police rushed to the scene to provide rescue assistance. Police said, adding 20 Balochistan constabulary cops and four citizens suffered multiple injuries.
Police said the explsion left a police truck and two other vehicles damaged. The injured were transported to the hospitals. A state of emergency was delcraed in Quetta hospitals.
Preliminary police investigations showed that a rickshaw hit the police truck. The Bomb Disposal Squad and forenisc officials gathered necessary evidence from the crime scene.
The Quetta DIG said up to 25kg explsoives were used in the blast. He said policemen were riding the truck to join their duty. The officer said the police movement on roads would be secured in more effective way.
The officer said the injured were being treated in Civil hospital, adding the policemen were being transported to deploy with the polio teams at the time of the incident.
