Twin blasts hit Airport Road in Quetta

No casualties reported in incident, says SSP Operations


Muhammad Zafar November 28, 2015
Paramilitary soldiers survey a bomb attack site in Quetta December 10, 2012. PHOTO: REUTERS

QUETTA: Two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) exploded near the Quetta airport on Saturday. Fortunately, no casualties occurred in the incident.

According to Senior Superintendent Police (SSP) Operations Waheed Khattak, the IEDs, which weighed over one kilogramme, were planted near a railway track in an empty plot close to the airport.

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Following the attack, security forces rushed to the site and searched for other explosives possibly hidden in the area.

On October 22, a suicide bomber targeted a mosque in Quetta, killing 10 people, including six children.

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In the wake of rising targeted killing in Quetta, the government has launched a crackdown against terrorists and their facilitators.

Security forces intensified their efforts to purge the provincial capital of terrorists after a countrywide campaign against them under the banner of the National Action Plan.

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