Nine hurt in Turbat blast
IED explodes when an FC convoy was passing the area
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QUETTA:
An explosives-laden motorbike outside a hotel in Turbat town went off on Thursday, injuring at least nine people.
According to security sources, an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded when a Frontier Corps (FC) convoy was passing the area, adding that four FC soldiers and a little girl were among the injured.
Rescue workers and law-enforcement personnel shifted the injured to the District Hospital.
The explosion triggered a fire leaving a plume of smoke in the air.
The FC vehicle and a shop were destroyed due to intensify of the blast.
So far no one has claimed responsibility.
An explosives-laden motorbike outside a hotel in Turbat town went off on Thursday, injuring at least nine people.
According to security sources, an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded when a Frontier Corps (FC) convoy was passing the area, adding that four FC soldiers and a little girl were among the injured.
Rescue workers and law-enforcement personnel shifted the injured to the District Hospital.
The explosion triggered a fire leaving a plume of smoke in the air.
The FC vehicle and a shop were destroyed due to intensify of the blast.
So far no one has claimed responsibility.