Two policemen killed, seven injured in Quetta roadside blast

Up to 3kg of explosives were used in the blast targeting a police mobile

QUETTA: Two policeman were killed while seven other people, including four police personnel, were injured in an IED blast in Quetta on Tuesday.

A police mobile passing through the city's Spini Road was targeted.

“Up to 3kg of explosives hidden in a cane, blew up when the police mobile passed by the area,” said provincial Home Minister Mir Sarfaraz Bugti.



While police and rescue officials reached the site, the injured were shifted to nearby hospitals.

“We have received eight injured in Civil Hospital,” said Medical Superintendent Civil Hospital Dr Abdul Rehman.  “Two are in critical condition.”

“Because of security threats, the injured policemen have been shifted to Combined Military Hospital,” added Rehman.

Chief Minister Balochistan Nawab Sanaullah Zehri condemned the blast.

Earlier on May 11, a bomb blast near the Balochistan University campus in Quetta left two traffic police officers dead.