At least there are two people dead and 24 others were injured in a so-called suicide attack this Wednesday Against a police truck in Quetta, the most populated city in West Pakistan’s Balochistan region. GeoTV has learned that one of the two people who lost their lives is a police officer and the other is a minor.
Similar There are wounded, 20 agents and 4 civilians. were injured in the attack. Quetta Police Deputy Inspector Ghulam Azfar Mahesar said that two of the police officers are in serious condition. “The explosion occurred next to a police truck, the vehicle overturned (from the impact of the explosion) and fell into a ditch,” Mahesar said. “According to the scene, it is estimated that they used 25 kilos of explosives,” the deputy police inspector said.
Since the 2000s, the region has the presence of the Balochistan Liberation Army (ELB) guerrilla, which is considered a terrorist organization by Pakistan, the United Kingdom or the United States. It has since released a Bloody fight with Islamabad officials To achieve the right of self-determination for Balochistanit even goes so far as to be responsible for the ethnic cleansing of non-Baluchi minorities in the province.