FC vehicle damaged in Quetta explosion

Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted beside the Shaheed Benazeer Bhutto flyover on Joint Road


Shezad Baloch September 16, 2014

QUETTA: An Frontier Corps (FC)  vehicle was partially damaged in an explosion on Joint Road in Quetta on Tuesday. However, no loss of life was reported in the blast.

“The Improvised Explosive Device (IED) packed in a cooking oil box was planted beside the Shaheed Benazeer Bhutto flyover on Joint Road. An explosion was caused as the detonator of the IED exploded, and splinters and other destructive objects were spread on the site,” an official at the scene of the blast told reporters.

“Around two kilogrammes of explosive materials were used in the IED,” an official of the Bomb Disposal Squad said.

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