Categories: Pakistan

Explosion injures three on Quetta’s Sariab Road

F.P. Report

ISLAMABAD: At least three persons were wounded in a powerful explosion on Quetta Sariab Road near a university on Saturday afternoon.

Police sources confirmed the injuries and said that the attack was carried out through an improvised explosive device (IED), the private news channel reported.

Police said that the powerful explosion was heard far and wide causing panic in the city. There has been no claim of responsibility for the explosion yet, police officials mentioned.

Rescue and security forces reached the site immediately after they were informed and shifted injured persons to the local hospital where an emergency was being imposed, police sources added.

In a separate incident, an attack was reported on the Marian police station in Bannu, resulting in the death of a pedestrian.

According to local police reports, the attack, left the Station House Officer (SHO) and four other police officers injured, while a pedestrian lost life.

The attackers reportedly fled the scene immediately after the incident. The police launched a manhunt to apprehend the terrorists responsible for the attack.

A day before this incident, a grenade attack on Mach police station was reported from Nasirabad – the district’s headquarters are located at Dera Murad Jamali.

Courtesy: ARY News

The Frontier Post

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