Children among 3 dead in Pishin blast

QUETTA: Two children and a woman were killed while 14 others sustained injuries when a blast took place near the police line in Pishin, Balochistan, police told Geo News on Saturday.

According to law enforcers, the injured are being shifted to hospital with some of them in critical condition.

Seven policemen were among those injured when the remote-controlled bomb attached to a motorcycle detonated, the city’s senior superintendent of police, Manzoor Buledi, told Reuters.

“Explosives were planted in a motorcycle which was parked in the area,” said police officer Mujeeb-Ur-Rehman.

Medical superintendent of Pishin Hospital, Dr Wakeel Sherani, said 13 wounded were moved to Quetta after receiving first aid while the bodies of children and one of the injured are in the hospital. One of the injured, who was shifted to the trauma center Quetta in critical condition, lost her life, said the hospital sources.

According to PTV News, the blast occurred near the Pishin’s deputy commissioner’s office.

Meanwhile, President Asif Ali Zardari strongly condemned the blast in Pishin resulting in the killing of innocent children. Expressing deep sorrow and grief, President Zardari extended his heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families.Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif also offered his condolences and directed the authorities concerned to provide best possible medical treatment to the injured. He said those responsible for the incident should be identified and given exemplary punishment. Condemning the incident, spokesperson of the Balochistan government said that they regret the loss of precious human lives in a terrorist incident. Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti also condemned the blast, saying that anarchists wanted to destroy peace of the province. “The morale of security agencies cannot be undermined by cowardly acts. The scourge of terrorism will be eradicated with the help of security forces,” he added.