Two labourers killed, three injured in Quetta roadside IED blast
QUETTA: Two people were killed and three others injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in the Wali Tangi area of Quetta district on Sunday, police said. According to police, unidentified attackers targeted a vehicle carrying a contractor and four labourers to the area, located around 30 kilometres from Quetta. Senior Superintendent of Police Asif Ghafoor said the IED had been…
An improvised explosive device (IED) blast in Quetta killed two laborers and injured three others, according to police. The attack targeted a vehicle carrying a contractor and four laborers heading to a construction site for tube wells, located 30 kilometers from the city. Police stated that the IED was planted along the roadside and remotely detonated when the pickup passed through the area.
The contractor and three laborers were transported to Civil Hospital Quetta, but two of them later died from their injuries. The contractor's vehicle was severely damaged. Police and Frontier Corps personnel arrived at the scene shortly after the explosion, blocked off the area, and transferred the injured to the hospital. Security forces subsequently began a search to identify the perpetrators.
Meanwhile, in a separate incident, a former Afghan army commander was shot dead in Quetta by unidentified armed men. The commander, Haji Hazrat Ullah, had migrated to Quetta from Kandahar province in 2021. Police confirmed that the men rode a motorcycle and targeted Hazrat Ullah, who was passing through the Killi Raisani area. An investigation into this incident is currently underway.
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