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Chaman (July 20, 2018): Four injured in an explosion at Mall Road followed by firing on Friday.

According to the police, explosives between five and six kilograms fitted in a parked motorcycle were detonated through a remote control.

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A vehicle belonging to law enforcement agencies was targetted in the incident. The vehicle, along with other private cars, were damaged after the explosion took place.

The injured, two of whom are reported critical, were shifted to the Civil Hospital for medical treatment. Security forces have cordoned off the area, while internet services have also been suspended after the blast.

The Mall Road is a busy road with important offices located in the vicinity including the police’s Special Branch office, the City Police Station, a Frontier Corps check post.

The additional deputy commissioner – revenue also resides in the same locality.

A spate of terrorist attacks has taken place in the current month. On July 10, a bomb targeted a rally by the Awami National Party (ANP) in Peshawar, martyring local party leader Haroon Bilour along with 21 others.

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An attack on a Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) convoy in Bannu on July 13 followed the tragic Peshawar incident.

The Bannu incident claimed lives of at least four people, while 10 others were injured in the explosion.

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Later the same day, in what was one of the deadliest terrorist attacks in the country’s history, Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) candidate Nawab Siraj Raisani along with 131 others was martyred when a suicide bomber blew himself up during an election rally in Mastung’s Darengarh area.

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A week after the Mastung blast, on July 16, ANP leader Daud Khan Achakzai was injured after unknown persons opened fire on the guest house of the party’s candidate Zmrak Khan Achakzai in Chaman.

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