Pakistan: IED explosion kills 1, wounds 8 in Balochistan province


At least one person was killed and eight others were wounded in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in Pakistan’s southwest Balochistan province, police said on Saturday.

According to police officials in the area, the blast happened in a local market in the Awaran district of the province, killing a shopkeeper on the spot and injuring several others.

The IED was planted in a shop and was detonated with a remote-controlled device, said the police, adding that a woman and a child are among the injured.

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Source: Xinhua News