QUETTA – Two separate explosions in southwestern Balochistan on Sunday left 12 people injured, including three Levies personnel and a member of the Frontier Corps.
In northern Pishin district, a remote control blast targeted a Levies vehicle in which Tehsildar Abdul Maalik Tareen was traveling. The police said the blast occurred near the Police Line Jan Adda.
At least eight people including Tehsildar Abdul Maalik Tareen, driver Salahuddin and his gunmen Abdullah were injured in the incident.
Police, Levies and FC personnel arrived at the scene and sealed the area.
The injured were taken to District Headquarters Hospital Pishin. Tareen and Salahuddin were shifted to the trauma centre at Civil Hospital, Quetta for treatment because their condition was reported as severe. The others are out of danger.
In a separate incident, two people including a Frontier Corps soldier and a civilian were injured in a remote-controlled blast in Panjgur district. The wounded were rushed to a hospital for medical treatment.
According to security forces, a remote control explosive device planted in a motorcycle parked near the FC camp went off when an FC vehicle was passing by. FC personnel Zawan and a civilian Abdul Waheed were injured, who were shifted to the District Headquarters Hospital Panjgur.
Levies Force personnel reached the venue of blast and condoned off the area.
