A large improvised explosive device explosion has killed at least one policeman and wounded 17 others in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta, local officials say.
The blast targeted a police truck carrying security personnel at the gate of the University of Balochistan’s Quetta campus on Monday.
In a statement, the provincial counterterrorism department said the explosives were planted in a motorcycle and detonated by remote control when the police truck passed by.
#UPDATE Explosion reported near #Balochistan University on #Quetta’s Sariab Road. According to police sources, the blast took place near a police van parked on Sariab Road. In the incident 1 death and At least ten, including 5 policemen, have wounded in bomb blast https://t.co/KsXt98ZHUg pic.twitter.com/T2XPWISfPh
— Ghulam Abbas Shah (@ghulamabbasshah) October 18, 2021
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Source: Al Jazeera/Ghulam Abbas Shah – Twitter