Explosion near pilgrim buses kills 4, injures several in Mastung

[Paan Singh]

MASTUNG: At least four people were killed while several others were injured in a blast near two buses carrying pilgrims in Mastung, Express News reported on Sunday.
Three pilgrims’ buses were en route to Quetta from Taftan when the explosion took place, destroying one bus and damaging the other.
The injured were shifted to hospitals in Mastung and Quetta.
Levies personnel cordoned off the area.
The nature and intensity of the blast could not be ascertained as yet due to Levies’ cordoning off the area.
A day earlier, six people were killed while at least 50 people, including three women and two children were injured when a bus blew up near Cantonment Railway Station in Karachi.
Earlier this year, a blast in the Hazarganji area of Quetta targeted a bus carrying pilgrims from Taftan to the provincial capital, killing 14 people and injuring 30.
Note: This is a developing story and will be updated accordingly.