QUETTA: At least six people were left injured after an explosion rocked Quetta’s Airport Road on Thursday, police said.
According to the Balochistan home minister, more than three kilogrammes of explosives were used in the blast, while the Balochistan Counterterrorism Department (CTD) says the injured are in critical condition.
Following the blast, the injured have been shifted to the city’s Civil Hospital where an emergency has been declared, police said, adding that the bomb disposal squad has been summoned to the site of the blast.
Witnesses say the explosion damaged several nearby buildings, while the explosives had been planted on a motorcycle, the CTD said.
An investigation into the matter is currently underway.
