A policeman was martyred and 17 others were injured in an explosion near Balochistan University on Sariab Road in Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province.
Balochistan government spokesman Liaquat Shahwani said a police truck on duty at the gate of Balochistan University was hit by an explosive device mounted on a motorcycle.
The blast killed one policeman and injured 17 others, he said.
A Balochistan government spokesman said an emergency had been declared at the hospital and those involved in the incident would be arrested and brought to justice.
دھماکہ کی مذمت۔
— Liaquat Shahwani (@LiaquatShahwani) October 18, 2021
بلوچستان یونیورسٹی کے گیٹ پہ ڈیوٹی پر مامور پولیس ٹرک کو موٹر سائیکل میں نصب دھماکہ خیز مواد سے نشانہ بنایا گیا۔
ایک پولیس اہلکار شہید، 7 زخمی و 4 راہگیر بھی زخمی۔
ہسپانوی میں ایمرجنسی نافذ۔
واقعہ میں ملوث افراد کو گرفتار کرکے انصاف کے کٹہرے میں لایا جائے گا۔
The blast caused a stampede in the area and law enforcement agencies cordoned off the area.
Provincial Home Minister Zia Lango said security personnel were guarding students protesting in front of the university.
He said the attackers wanted to target students and police were targeted due to tight security.
The provincial home minister said the miscreants were trying to create chaos by targeting students.
At least ten, including 5 policemen, have wounded in bomb blast near Balochistan University, Quetta, local media reports pic.twitter.com/wxKSzm8fTx
— Naimat Khan (@NKMalazai) October 18, 2021
On the other hand, Federal Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed condemned the blast on Sariab Road in Quetta and demanded a report of the blast from IG Police Balochistan.
He expressed sympathy to the family of the martyred policeman and prayed for the recovery of the injured and said that the federal government would provide all resources and assistance to the provincial government.
The federal interior minister said that terrorists would not be allowed to destroy the peace of Balochistan.
Earlier, a bomb blast near a Frontier Corps vehicle in Khost, Harnai District, Balochistan, on September 25 killed at least four security personnel and injured two others.
The Baloch Liberation Army claimed responsibility for the blast.
/کوئٹہ میں دھماکے کے بعد کا منظر۔ pic.twitter.com/hURR8fcn8l
— Nasir Baig Chughtai (@i_m_nbc) October 18, 2021
Private TV reporter Shahid Zehri was killed in an explosion near a car in the Hub area of Balochistan on October 10.
In early September, two FC South personnel were martyred and one was injured in an attack on a convoy of armed criminals in Baleda area of Ketch district in Balochistan.
On September 5, four personnel were martyred and 21 others injured in a suicide attack near a Frontier Corps check post on the Quetta-Mastung National Highway within the Sona Khan police station.
The banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack.
On August 26, three youths were martyred and three others injured when Levies' vehicle collided with a landmine near Mangi Dam.
سریاب روڑ کوئٹہ دھماکے کی مذمت
— Sheikh Rashid Ahmed (@ShkhRasheed) October 18, 2021
آئی جی پولیس بلوچستان سے دھماکے کی رپورٹ طلب
دھماکے میں شہید پولیس اہلکار کے لواحقین سے اظہار ہمدردی؛ زخمیوں کی جلد صحتیابی کے لئے دعا
دہشت گردوں کو بلوچستان کا امن تباہ نہیں کر دینگے۔
وفاقی حکومت صوبائی حکومت کو تمام وسائل اور معاونت فراہم کرے گی۔
Earlier in August, a landmine blast in Ziarat district killed three Levies personnel and injured several others.
