QUETTA: Four people were injured in an explosion outside a mosque on Sariab Road.

 

Four people were injured in an alleged bomb blast outside a mosque on Sariab Road in Quetta.

Immediately after the blast, the injured were shifted to Civil Hospital for treatment. The incident took place outside the mosque after Friday prayers.

A viral video of the incident shows motorcycles on fire after an explosion outside a mosque.

According to AIG Abdul Razzaq Cheema, the nature of the blast was not immediately known, but police are investigating whether it was caused by explosives or by a fire in motorcycles.

Police cordoned off the area after the incident and launched an investigation.

According to the state-run news agency APP, business in the area was suspended after the blast, and rescue workers and volunteers rushed to the scene.

It is to be noted that Balochistan has been suffering from unrest for some time now, which is also said to be the hand of external enemies.

On August 13, three people, including a woman, were injured in an explosion outside a government school in the Mastung area of ​​Balochistan.

It may be recalled that a day before the blast in Mastung, a similar incident took place in Quetta where a grenade was hurled by unknown assailants on Brewery Road in Quetta, killing a girl and injuring six others. Were

Four days before the incident, five people were killed and 14 injured in an explosion on Chaman's Mall Road.

One person was killed and seven others were injured in an explosion at a bazaar in the Balochistan city of Turbat last month.

Earlier in May, a bomb blast in Balochistan and an exchange of fire with militants killed seven youths, including a junior commissioned officer.

In April, a young Pakistani soldier was martyred and two others were injured in an explosion in the Toba Achakzai area of ​​Qila Abdullah.

At least seven people were injured in a motorcycle bombing in Chaman's Levies Line in March this year.

Earlier, on February 18, a suicide bomber killed eight people and injured 20 others during a protest near a press club in Quetta.