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| At least two injured in Quetta Moti Ram Road blast |
| 2023-08-11 |
| [GEO.TV] At least two people were maimed after a kaboom took place on Quetta’s Moti Ram Road, police and rescue officials said on Thursday. Firefighters were called in as fire erupted in a shop situated in the area following the earth-shattering kaboom, rescue officials said. Police said the nature of the blast is being ascertained. According to the police, the roofs of two shops were caved in while an inferno erupted due to the blast in another shop had been doused. Arsalan, a shopkeeper and his helper Nazir Ahmed were maimed in the blast and were shifted to the trauma centre of the Civil Hospital of Quetta. One of the injured is said to be at death's door. The bomb disposal squad launched an investigation to ascertain the nature of the blast. Balochistan ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... Chief Minister Mir Quddus Bizenjo condemned the blast saying that anti-state elements wanted to create an atmosphere of fear ahead of Independence Day on August 14. He said for the last few years, the province had been witnessing a spike in terrorist incidents in the month of August. "Effective security measures are indispensable to deal with the threat of terrorism," the CM said. According to a recent report, July marked a significant upsurge in attacks, making it the second deadliest month of 2023, with 124 fatalities and 218 injuries, The News reported. |
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