Mastung, Nov 1
At least five children, a passerby and a police official were killed in a deadly blast targetted at a police vehicle in Balochisan’s Mastung city, on Friday. The casualties are expected to rise further with more than 30 people critically injured in the explosion.
As per initial reports, an IED (improvised explosive device) attached to a motorcycle was detonated near a police mobile as it neared the Girls High School at the Civil Hospital Chowk, killing at least five school children, one police personnel and a passerby on the spot.
The injured were rushed to two hospitals, Nawab Ghous Bakhsh Raisani Memorial Hospital and Mastung District Headquarters Hospital. Later, three critically-injured persons were shifted to Quetta’s Trauma Centre.
According to DHQ (District Headquarters) Medical Superintendent Nisar Ahmed Baloch, the injured majorly include children.
All five children who lost their lives in the tragic incident were aged between 10-13 years.
The blast, which occurred at a place which was crowded with schoolchildren, vehicles and shops, completely destroyed the police vehicle.