QUETTA – People from the Hazara community have staged a protest demonstration in Quetta against the horrific explosion that has killed at least 20 people including, two children, a Frontier Corps official and eight members of the Hazara community at a busy vegetable market in the southwestern Balochistan province on Friday morning.
The participants of the agitation who were gathered at Western bypass of the provincial capital were chanting slogans against the government as they were of the view that no effective and sufficient security measures were taken for the protection of the Hazara community. They termed that the bomb blast was a planned targeting of Hazara community.
Hundreds of people were so far killed in the incidents of violence against the Hazara since last decades.
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Provincial Home Minister Zia Lango reached the site but the dialogues with the Hazara community failed once again.
Yesterday, a strong explosion killed at least 20 people at a busy vegetable market in the Balochistan province. Eight people from Hazara community, an FC official, two children are among the dead, DIG Quetta Abdul Razaq Cheema confirmed to the media.
Nearly 50 others were injured, including four FC troops, were also among the injured and were undergoing treatment, he added.
The blast, which ripped through Quetta’s Hazarganji sabzi mandi at around 7:35 am, was caused by an improvised explosive device (IED) that had been hidden inside a potato sack in the market, the city police chief revealed.
Hundreds of people were present at the site of the blast, which caused severe damage to the buildings nearby.
Prime Minister Imran Khan and Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan have condemned the blast and shared grief with the families of the victims. They also sought a detailed inquiry report of the incident.
