ISLAMABAD, Dec 11 (NNN-APP) – At least one person was killed and eight others were wounded, in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast, in Pakistan’s south-west Balochistan province, police said, yesterday.
According to police officials in the area, the blast happened in a local market, in the Awaran district of the province, killing a shopkeeper on the spot, and injuring several others.
The IED was planted in a shop and was detonated with a remote-controlled device, said the police, adding that, a woman and a child were among the injured.
Police, security forces and rescue teams rushed to the site immediately after the blast, and shifted the injured to a nearby hospital.
Police cordoned off the area and launched a search operation in the surroundings, to arrest the culprits.
Taking notice of the incident, Chief Minister of Balochistan, Mir Abdul Quddus Bizenjo, condemned the attack and sought a report from the concerned authorities.
The official said that, innocent shoppers were targeted in the attack and the culprits will be arrested soon and prosecuted as per the law.
A banned militant outfit has claimed responsibility for the attack.– NNN-APP
