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Five killed in deadly Quetta blast
-------------------------------------------------------- A powerful bomb exploded outside
the City police station located in
the busy Liaquat Bazaar of Quetta
on Thursday killing at least five
people and injuring at least 37
others.
The Quetta Commissioner said that
an improvised explosive device
weighing between four and five
kilogrammes had been planted on a
motorcycle that had been parked at
a motorcycle stand opposite the
police station. The bomb went off at
around 4:55pm.
The commissioner added that as
many as 42 people were affected by
the blast, including police officers.
The explosion, he said, killed a total
of five people including a policeman,
and four civilians. At least 37 people
were injured by the blast.
The rescue efforts were divided with
21 of the injured being shifted to
the nearby Civil Hospital while 16
other injured were taken to the
Combined Military Hospital Quetta
for medical treatment. He added
that emergency has been imposed at
the two hospitals.
Following the bombing, rescue
workers and security personnel,
including paramilitary units rushed
to the blast site to move the
wounded to hospital and secure the
blast site.
People may have been killed in the
blast because it was powerful, a
passerby Mohammed Akram told The
Express Tribune .
There was a stampede soon after the
explosion, as Liauqat Bazaar is the
heart of the city, with most of the
shopping malls, trading centers,
shops and roadside hotels located
there.
This is the second major explosion
in Pakistan today. Earlier, a bomb
exploded in the old Anarkali area of
Lahore, killing one person.
-------------------------------------------------------- A powerful bomb exploded outside
the City police station located in
the busy Liaquat Bazaar of Quetta
on Thursday killing at least five
people and injuring at least 37
others.
The Quetta Commissioner said that
an improvised explosive device
weighing between four and five
kilogrammes had been planted on a
motorcycle that had been parked at
a motorcycle stand opposite the
police station. The bomb went off at
around 4:55pm.
The commissioner added that as
many as 42 people were affected by
the blast, including police officers.
The explosion, he said, killed a total
of five people including a policeman,
and four civilians. At least 37 people
were injured by the blast.
The rescue efforts were divided with
21 of the injured being shifted to
the nearby Civil Hospital while 16
other injured were taken to the
Combined Military Hospital Quetta
for medical treatment. He added
that emergency has been imposed at
the two hospitals.
Following the bombing, rescue
workers and security personnel,
including paramilitary units rushed
to the blast site to move the
wounded to hospital and secure the
blast site.
People may have been killed in the
blast because it was powerful, a
passerby Mohammed Akram told The
Express Tribune .
There was a stampede soon after the
explosion, as Liauqat Bazaar is the
heart of the city, with most of the
shopping malls, trading centers,
shops and roadside hotels located
there.
This is the second major explosion
in Pakistan today. Earlier, a bomb
exploded in the old Anarkali area of
Lahore, killing one person.
