Quetta: (Web Desk) At least 2 people including woman were killed and 24 others, including 20 cops, were injured in a blast near a police vehicle in Balali area, witnesses and police said. Emergency responders and police rushed to the scene to provide rescue assistance. Police said, adding 20 Baluchistan constabulary cops and four citizens suffered multiple injuries.
According to the source, police said the explosion left a police truck and 2 other vehicles damaged. The injured were transported to the hospitals. A state of emergency was declared in Quetta hospitals. Preliminary police investigations showed that a rickshaw hit the police truck. The Bomb Disposal Squad and forensic officials gathered necessary evidence from the crime scene.
Furthermore a senior police officer said up to 25kg explosives were used in the blast. He said policemen were riding the truck to join their duty. The officer said the police movement on roads would be secured in more effective way. The officer said the injured were being treated in Civil hospital.
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