A security personnel among 10 others sustained injuries when a motorcycle strapped with explosive materials blew up near Jan Muhammad Road in Balochistan’s Quetta on Friday, the police said.
Following the blast, police and rescue teams rushed to the scene and launched relief efforts, shifting the injured persons to a nearby hospital for medical treatment.
Meanwhile, the authorities have cordoned off the area and are working to determine the nature and cause of the explosion.
In a statement, the police said the explosive materials were strapped with a motorcycle. However, the investigation was underway, they added.
Earlier in the day, a top official of Darul Uloom Haqqania among six people killed in a suicide blast that targeted the historic seminary’s mosque in Nowshera.
The bomb exploded in the front row soon after the Friday prayer as worshippers were leaving the weekly congregation at the Darul Uloom Haqqania mosque in Akora Khattak, located about 60 kilometres (35 miles) east of Peshawar.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Inspector General Police (IGP) Zulfiqar Hameed told Geo News that Maulana Hamid-ul-Haq Haqqani, the son of Maulana Sami-ul-Haq Haqqani, was the target of the attack.
