Twenty-two Killed, Many Injured in Quetta Blasts

The Baloch Hal News

FC Colonel and DIG’s Wife Among Dead in Quetta Blasts

At least twenty-two people, including two women and three personnel of the Frontier Corps (FC), have been killed and several injured in twine blasts in Quetta city on Wednesday morning, hospital sources confirmed.
Some officials said the blasts were suicidal.
The injured included ten personnel of the Frontier Corps (FC).
According to initial reports, two bomb blats took place in Quetta’s highly-guarded area near the Commissioner Office and district courts on Wednesday morning.
A state of emergency has been declared in Quetta’s Civil Hospital where around thirty injured people have been shifted. The dead included a woman, two children and three personnel of the Frontier Corps (FC).
Sources said there was a scarcity of doctors and medical staff at the hospital which was causing serious problems for the victims of the blasts. Because of lack of staff and facilities at the Quetta Civil Hospital, some of the victims have been shifted to the Combined Military Hospital and Bolan Medical College Hospital.
Police said it was premature to say whether the actual target was Quetta Commissioner or house of the Inspector General of the Frontier Corps (FC). The attacks badly damaged IG FC’s house.
No group has accepted responsibility for the twine blasts.
The attackers had used a van and a motorcycle for the attack. The bomb disposal squad has reached the area and begun initial investigations.
A car bomb blast on Eid day in Quetta at a Shia Eidgha had killed ten people.