At least eight people were injured, including three security officials in two separate bomb blasts in Chaman on Monday. The first attack, which injured two people, took place close to an under-construction building near special police branch office on Chaman's Mall Road. According to police sources, an improvised explosive device was placed near the building by unknown persons.
Six people, including three security officials, were wounded in the second attack near a police check post in the same area when people gathered there. The injured were rushed to a nearby hospital, where an emergency was imposed. Police and Frontier Corps personnel reached the site of the blasts.
The twin attacks in Chaman are the first incident of terrorism in Pakistan in 2018. In 2017, Pakistan saw a rise in terror attacks against security forces and government officials. The most prominent attacks, both bomb blasts and shootings on senior police officials took place in Balochistan.