At least five persons including three students of Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences (BUITEMS) have been killed and 65 others including 28 students and four policemen have been injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) ripped through the university bus on Smuggli road on Monday morning.
A police official told APP that an official bus of BUITEMS carrying students and escorted by police was on way when a bomb-laden Alto car parked on Smuggli road in Jinnah Town was detonated with remote control when the bus passed by. As a result, a powerful bomb blast ripped which killed five persons including three students and injured 65 others including 28 students and four policemen who riding in a police vehicle were escorting the university bus, the police official said adding that some passers-by also received injuries.