ISLAMABAD, Mar 7 (NNN-APP) – Nine security personnel were killed and 10 others injured, when a suicide bomber hit their vehicle, in Pakistan’s southwest Balochistan province yesterday, officials said.
The incident happened in Bolan district, where the bomber rammed his explosive-laden motorbike into the truck of paramilitary troops of Balochistan Constabulary, at the border area with Sibi district, District Police Officer of Sibi, Yousuf Karim Bhanghar, confirmed.
“The truck with 22 troops onboard was targeted by the bomber near a flyover. An investigation has been kicked off into the incident,” Bhanghar said.
He said, there had been certain threat alerts about the incident, and security had already been beefed up in Sibi and Bolan districts, but the bomber succeeded in executing his plan on the outskirts of the city, despite security measures.
Further investigation into the incident is underway, to determine if the bomber received any inside information regarding the movement of the troops, he added.
He said,the injured troops were shifted to a hospital, where two of them are in critical condition.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, yet.– NNN-APP
