QUETTA: At least four people including additional SHO have been killed and 15 others sustained injuries in Quetta blast near Meezan Chowk City Police Station on Tuesday.
The dead and injured have been shifted to the Civil Hospital in the provincial capital. An emergency was imposed in the hospital to treat the injured.
Balochistan Inspector General of Police Mohsin Hassan Butt said that police were apparently the target of the blast and policemen are among the injured.
Waseem Baig, the spokesman for Civil Hospital Quetta, said that the bodies of two people who died in the explosion were brought to the hospital.
The blast shattered the glass windows of nearby shopping malls and shops. The sound of the explosion was heard far and wide, causing panic among the people.
(This is a developing story that is being updated as the situation evolves.)
