QUETTA – At least eight people, including schoolchildren and one policeman, lost their lives in an explosion near a school in Mastung, a town in Balochistan province.
Police said the blast occurred at Civil Hospital Chowk near the girls school, adding that 15 people were also injured. They said most of the injured are students, who were going to their schools.
Officials said the terrorists wanted to target a police mobile van but a school van was also caught in the explosion. They said three school children and a policeman died in the attack.
The injured have been shifted to DHQ hospital for treatment. Security officials have cordoned off the area while search operation has been launched to apprehend the suspects.
On October 26, eight people including four policemen, two army soldiers were martyred and several others were injured in a suicide blast in North Waziristan.
Police said the suicide bomber blew himself up near a police post in Eidak area of Mir Ali.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly speaker Babar Saleem Swati expressed sorrow over the death of security officials.
Earlier this month, the security forces killed nine terrorists including two suicide bombers in an intelligence-based operation conducted on the night between Oct 23 and Oct 24 in Bajaur district.
