Bomb blast injures 9 in Pakistan's southwest
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Islamabad, Feb 6, IRNA -- At least 9 people were injured in a bomb attack targeting a vehicle of paramilitary troops in Pakistan’s southwestern city of Quetta on Saturday, witnesses and police said.
A paramilitary soldier was among the injured, police said.
Paramilitary soldiers fired in the air after the blast, forcing the people to flee from the blast site. Police said that the paramilitary soldiers 'Frontier Corps' were on routine patrolling when came under attack.
No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
Police said that the time bomb was attached to a motorcycle and was parked at the busiest market area ‘Imdad Chowk’.
The bomb destroyed a small restaurant, several shops, two vehicles and a motorcycle and smashed glasses of several buildings.
The injured were taken to the city’s Civil Hospital while the injured security man was admitted in military hospital. One injured is registered critical, hospital sources said.
Nationalist groups fighting for more rights regularly target security forces, politicians and government officials.
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End News / IRNA / News Code 946331
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