One martyred, several injured in multiple blasts in Balochistan

QUETTA/WASHINGTON   –  At least one person was martyred and several others were injured in multiple blasts reported in different parts of Balochistan province on Thursday.

According to police, in Quetta, the explosion took place in the Spinny Road area. Also, explosions took place in Naseerabad and Turbat districts of the province.

According to police, at least three people were injured when a hand grenade exploded at the Dera Allah Yar Bhatti gate area in Naseerabad and one person was injured in a grenade blast in Turbat’s main market. 

Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Operations Quetta Tariq Jawad told the reporters that 8 to 10 kg of explosives used in the blast in the provincial capital. He said the deceased of the blast had not been identified yet, adding the preliminary investigation showed the victim was a passer-by. 

According to a private news channel, the police confirmed another blast took place in the Ghulam Nabi Chowk area of Turbat city. However, the type of explosive device used has not yet been deter­mined. As soon as the in­cident was reported, a heavy contingent of po­lice and Balochistan Lev­ies reached the spot, cor­doned off the area, and started a search opera­tion. At least three people were injured on Thurs­day in a bomb explosion in Dera Allahyar town of Jaffarabad district in Ba­lochistan. According to a private news channel, a cracker bomb explosion occurred outside the Pa­kistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) elec­tion office in Dera Allah­yar, injuring at least three people. Police and res­cue officials shifted the injured to the District Hospital in Dera Murad Jamali. A hand grenade explosion occurred on Thursday evening in the premises of the Deputy Commissioner near Pan­jgur. According to a pri­vate news channel, the police force reached the spot and started the in­vestigation; no causali­ties were reported in the incident. According to the police, the area was im­mediately cordoned off, and a search operation was underway. Pakistanis have right to choose their leader ‘without fear’ The United States has con­demned an attack tar­geting an election rally in Sibi, Balochistan, assert­ing that Pakistani people have the right to choose their leader “without fear of reprisal or vio­lence.” “We strongly con­demn any violence which undermines the elec­toral process,” State De­partment Spokesperson Mathew Miller told re­porters at his daily press briefing on Wednesday.