13 injured in explosion in Pakistan’s Balochistan province

According to a police official, the explosives had been hooked up to a motorbike and had been detonated by distant management.

Karachi,UPDATED: Dec 20, 2022 06:54 IST

The explosion befell in a market in Khuzdar district of Balochistan (Representational photograph)

By Press Trust of India: At least 13 individuals had been injured on Monday after an explosion in a market in Khuzdar district of Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province.

A senior police official stated the explosives had been hooked up to a motorbike parked available in the market and had been detonated by distant management.

“Since it was night time there were fewer people around and most shops were closed so there were no casualties,” a police official stated.

“The police have reached the area and cordoned it off,” the official added.

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The injured had been moved to the District Headquarters Hospital and two of the injured are stated to be in vital situation.

The assault comes amid rising militancy within the Khyber Pakhtunkhawa Province with the reported return of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Taliban militants from Afghanistan.

Presently, there’s a standoff happening between safety forces and militants who took over the Bannu Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) compound on Sunday.

The militants, who had been detained on the facility, have held interrogators hostage and are demanding a secure evacuation to Afghanistan.

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Dec 20, 2022