QUETTA – At least eight people including two policemen sustained injuries in a blast targeting a police vehicle in Dera Murad Jamali on Monday evening.
Police said that unidentified miscreants had planted an improvised explosive device in a motorcycle parked on the roadside.
A police vehicle passing through the area was the target of the blast, officials told the media.
The injured were rushed to nearby Naseerabad hospital for medical treatment and an emergency was imposed in the hospital. The windowpanes of nearby shops and houses were smashed due to the impact of the blast.
Police and other law enforcement agencies cordoned the area. Further investigation was underway.