Footwear outside a blast site in Quetta. PHOTO: REUTERS/FILE
QUETTA: An unregistered religious seminary was gutted as a result of an explosion that occured allegedly after explosive materials prematurely went off in the Eastern Bypass, an outskirt of Quetta valley, on Sunday morning.
Four rooms of the religious seminary and a nearby house were completely destroyed in the blast.
According to eyewitness accounts, three people injured in the blast were taken out by their companions before police reached the site. A search operation was launched to find the injured, but police could not locate them at any Quetta hospital.
Deputy Inspector General Police (DIG) Operations Mohammed Jaffar said some religious literature was recovered from the wreckage along with explosives material. He said those in the seminary were preparing explosives that went off prematurely.
Quetta is vulnerable to sectarian and militant attacks and recently two bombings killed more than a dozen people and injured over 50 others.
After the US drone strike that killed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Chief Hakimullah Mahsud, security has been beefed up in sensitive areas of Quetta that include the military cantonment, Chief Minister House, IG FC and Police Balochistan’s residences and provincial secretariat.
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Explosives in seminary, what is new.
Oh, so it was a "religious" seminary. Which religion, may I ask? And why wasn't that mentioned in the article?
@Imran: Not for those who live there!
Good news maybe it will teach them a lesson. Better for a few of them to get blown up than hundreds of innoicent people. I exspect their chums will be too scared to take them to hospital so they will probably die.
@ali hazara
Bulls eye
How about doing a search operation of Quetta Cantt? They may be returned back to their sources.
Now where are people who keep on crying for mullah ghazi, if seminaries are teaching bomb making then how should security agencies respond?
@Zif: "Look for them near the border of Baluchistan, Afghanistan close to city of Qandhar, heaven of RAW"
Who is going to look for them where you say? It is not possible as the Assets of RAW have lot of sympathizers and supporters in the government and seminaries in Pakistan.
may be escaped to lal masjid
They were probably making suicide jackets there
I wish we had a lot more of these premature explosions. It will save a lot of useful lives.
Look for them near the border of Baluchistan, Afghanistan close to city of Qandhar, heaven of RAW.
pakistan is joke