Prayer leader among injured after UPS battery exploded inside the mosque. SCREENGRAB
According to police on Thursday, the blast occurred during evening prayers in a local mosque at Taj Road area of Chaman city. Law enforcement agencies and rescue workers rushed to the site and evacuated the injured to the district headquarter hospital for medical treatment.
Security agencies had cordoned off the area and opened investigation into the incident. The blast had caused stampede inside the mosque.
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“The powerful explosion has caused partial damage to the mosque,” Chaman SSP Attaullah Shah said.
The SSP added: “Bomb disposal team from Quetta has collected evidence from the crime scene and sent to the forensic lab Lahore. We don’t have the details regarding the kind of explosion but the details would be shared after the lab report.”
So far no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
In the wake of the incident, Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) has called for a shutter-down strike and protest in Chaman on today (Friday).
#Blast injured nine in #Chaman pic.twitter.com/zyM6NHfo9P
— Quetta Voice (@VoiceQuetta) November 21, 2018
At least 10 injured including the Imam leading Maghreb prayers in a mosque in Chaman, #Balochistan. Initials details show that the explosives went off in the Mehrab of the mosque. pic.twitter.com/uqhx85DMhh
— Iftikhar Firdous (@IftikharFirdous) November 21, 2018
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