Six killed, 35 injured in Quetta blast

Regional TerrorismSix killed, 35 injured in Quetta blast

QUETTA: A blast took place outside a police station in a busy marketplace in Quetta, killing at least six persons and injuring more than 35 others.

The initial police reports said the bomb was planted in a bicycle parked outside the City police station near the City Centre market in the Balochistan capital.

   

“It was a timed device which was planted in a bicycle. Five people have been killed and 35 wounded,” Quetta police chief Abdul Razaaq Cheema told media.

The police chief said the bomb used up to six kilograms of explosive material.

The dead included a policeman while the injured included women and children as well as police officers, he said. The blast also damaged several shops and vehicles parked in the market.

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