At least 10 people including two children were killed and 31 injured in bomb explosions and incidents of targeted killings in Quetta and other troubled parts of Balochistan on Thursday, police said. Arif Nawaz, the Regional Police Officer Police Quetta said five people including two children were killed and 22 injured in a blast near Bareech Market area of Quetta. He said the militants had planted explosive materials in cycle parked on the roadside.
"There was a huge blast when the vehicle of Frontier corps passed through the area", Arif Nawaz said. The powerful blast damaged nearby private bank and shops located in the area. Three FC personnel including 22 people sustained injuries and were shifted to Civil Hhospital Quetta for medical treatment. "All dead were civilians", Arif said. He said that seven to eight kilograms of explosives were used in the blast.
"I was crossing the road when the bomb went off", an eye witness Shah Wali told media. Emergency was imposed in civil hospital. "There was destruction everywhere after the blast", Wali said. In another incident, armed militants killed two persons in Balochistan's Turbat town. Police said two militants on a motorcycle opened fire at people near Turbat airport and killed them on the spot. The attackers fled away on their motorcycle after the incident.
Three people including a levies man were killed in two different incidents of targeted killings. A levies official, who requested not to be named, said police found two bullet-riddled bodies near Khuzdar city. He said both victims were abducted from Naal area of Khuzdar on November 18. Similarly, militants opened a fire at levies personnel in Khuzdar bazaar. The levies man sustained serious wounds and succumbed to injuries on way to hospital.
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