More than 20 people were killed while as many as 20 people were injured on Wednesday in a suicide bomb blast near a polling station in Quetta.

According to local media,the injured includes two police officers. The injured have been shifted to Civil hospital, while the death toll is increasing. Security officials have cordoned off the area and polling has been halted at the polling station.

According to initial reports, the blast targeted a police mobile outside NA-260 polling station. The blast took place when the suicide bomber rammed his motorbike into the police van.