Nine safety personnel killed, 13 injured in suicide bomb assault in Pakistan

On Monday, March 6, 9 safety personnel had been killed and at the very least 13 others had been wounded throughout a bomb blast in southwest Pakistan. According to stories, the incident befell in Balochistan province when the officers had been returning to the provincial capital Quetta.

Pakistan: 9 safety personnel killed in Bolan suicide blast

Read @ANI Story | https://t.co/zsDw4eQ7fk#Securitypersonnel #Pakistan #Balochistan #Suicidebomb pic.twitter.com/4fUQrjslMb

— ANI Digital (@ani_digital) March 6, 2023

An alleged suicide bomber rammed a motorbike right into a police truck inflicting the blast. So far, nobody has claimed accountability for the assault.

Confirming the incident, Kachhi Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Mahmood Notezai stated that these killed within the blast belonged to the Balochistan Constabulary (BC), a division of the provincial police power that gives safety at essential occasions and in delicate areas, together with jails.

“The constabulary van was on its way back to Quetta from Sibi when an explosion occurred on the Kambri bridge in the area bordering the Sibi and Kachhi districts,” Dawn quoted the official as saying.

Following the blast, Quetta and Sibi are on excessive alert. The space, in the meantime, has been cordoned off and a search operation is underway, officers stated.

Regular suicide bomb assaults in Pakistan

Notably, the incident got here a day after a safety official was killed and eight others had been injured after a automobile was focused in a bomb assault in Gwadar, a port metropolis within the province. Balochistan Liberation Front, a gaggle working for Balchistan’s independence from Pakistan’s occupation, had claimed accountability for the assault.

Prior to this, on February 26, 2023, 4 folks had been killed and fourteen others had been wounded in a blast in Barkhan district in Balochistan province. “The improvised explosive device was planted in a motorbike which exploded at around 10 am in the morning,” assistant commissioner Khadim Bhangar Barkhan had stated.

The incident occurred a day after an improvised explosive machine (IED) exploded in Balochistan’s Khuzdar district whereas cops had been patrolling the area, leaving two policemen useless and one other injured.

Similarly, on January 30, 2023, a blast befell contained in the Peshawar Police Lines mosque ensuing within the loss of life of at the very least 28 folks. Around 150 had been reportedly injured within the blast.

OpIndia had reported that a suicide bomber was current within the entrance row throughout the prayers. He detonated the machine and consequently, the roof of the mosque collapsed. 

Shortly after the assault, the Islamist terror outfit Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed accountability for the bombing.