Army vehicle targeted in Quetta: One killed 15 injured

The Baloch Hal News

QUETTA : A Pak Army soldier was killed and 15 others, including an assistant commissioner, sustained injuries in a remote-controlled bomb blast in the provincial capital on Saturday morning.
On the other hand, Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has claimed responsibility for the attack. According to police, the army convoy, passing through Sariab Road near Polytechnic College, was targeted by an explosive device attached to a car.
As a result, 15 people, including eight Army personnel and an equal number of civilians were wounded after being hit by splinters. They were rushed to the Civil Hospital and the CMH for treatment. However, one of the injured soldiers, Didar, succumbed to his injuries before reaching the hospital.
The injured soldiers were identified as Iftikhar, Zahid, Hakeem, Faisal, Furqan, Tariq and Mazhar while Assistant Commissioner Abdul Qadoos Mengal, Gul Badshah,
Nadir, Akranullah, Muhammad Ishaq, Asghar, Tahir Khan and Ameena Bibi are the civilians.
Soon after the blast, police and FC personnel reached the spot and cordoned off the area while security was beefed up across the city.
The blast badly damaged the car and an Army vehicle, besides triggering panic among the locals.
“The explosives were planted in an Alto car which were detonated through a remote-controlled device when Army convoy comprising four vehicles was passing through the area,” said a senior police official, adding that the police had found the chassis number of the car used in the blast.