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Deadly Blast Targets Police Office In Pakistan’s Quetta City

At least 11 people were killed and 14 wounded in a car bomb attack near the provincial police chief’s office in the southwestern Quetta city in Pakistan on Friday morning.

The explosion targeted a police checkpost near the complex housing the Balochistan police chief's office, local police officer Muhammad Akbar said as quoted by Pakistani media.

Reports indicate that at least five police officers were among those killed, Ali Mardan.

Five of the wounded were in critical condition, police officials said.

According to the Pakistan’s Dunya News, the blast took place inside a car that was parked near the office. More than 10 injured have been shifted to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) for medical assistance so far while others are being transferred to other hospitals as well.

Arriving at the scene, security personnel cordoned off the entire area and launched an operation to collect the evidence.

Emergency has also been declared in different hospitals. 

Balochistan government spokesman Anwar-ul-Haq Kakar said that the explosion took place at 9:00 am when the police officers were checking the suspected car.

Police spokesman Shahzada Farhat said the death toll was expected to rise as some of the wounded were listed in critical condition. He said officers were still trying to determine whether it was a car bomb. He said that the explosion was powerful enough that it was heard across the city.

DIG Abdul Razzaq Cheema said that it was a suicide blast as per eye witnesses, however, investigation into the matter is underway. He said that the explosion has damaged two vehicle and nearby buildings while security has also been beefed up across the province.

Meanwhile, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan strongly condemned the Quetta blast and prayed for the early recovery of the injured.

Chief Minister of Punjab (CM) Shehbaz Sharif and Chief Minister Balochistan Nawab Sanaullah Khan Zehri also denounced the explosion and expressed grief and sorrow over the loss of precious lives.

No one has claimed responsibility, but Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan and Daesh have previously targeted the province, which for over a decade has been the scene of a low-intensity insurgency.

Deadly Blast Targets Police Office In Pakistan’s Quetta City

The explosion occurred near provincial police chief's office, killing at least 11 people and wounding 14 others.

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At least 11 people were killed and 14 wounded in a car bomb attack near the provincial police chief’s office in the southwestern Quetta city in Pakistan on Friday morning.

The explosion targeted a police checkpost near the complex housing the Balochistan police chief's office, local police officer Muhammad Akbar said as quoted by Pakistani media.

Reports indicate that at least five police officers were among those killed, Ali Mardan.

Five of the wounded were in critical condition, police officials said.

According to the Pakistan’s Dunya News, the blast took place inside a car that was parked near the office. More than 10 injured have been shifted to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) for medical assistance so far while others are being transferred to other hospitals as well.

Arriving at the scene, security personnel cordoned off the entire area and launched an operation to collect the evidence.

Emergency has also been declared in different hospitals. 

Balochistan government spokesman Anwar-ul-Haq Kakar said that the explosion took place at 9:00 am when the police officers were checking the suspected car.

Police spokesman Shahzada Farhat said the death toll was expected to rise as some of the wounded were listed in critical condition. He said officers were still trying to determine whether it was a car bomb. He said that the explosion was powerful enough that it was heard across the city.

DIG Abdul Razzaq Cheema said that it was a suicide blast as per eye witnesses, however, investigation into the matter is underway. He said that the explosion has damaged two vehicle and nearby buildings while security has also been beefed up across the province.

Meanwhile, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan strongly condemned the Quetta blast and prayed for the early recovery of the injured.

Chief Minister of Punjab (CM) Shehbaz Sharif and Chief Minister Balochistan Nawab Sanaullah Khan Zehri also denounced the explosion and expressed grief and sorrow over the loss of precious lives.

No one has claimed responsibility, but Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan and Daesh have previously targeted the province, which for over a decade has been the scene of a low-intensity insurgency.

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