QUETTA: At least nine people were killed and 24 others sustained injuries in a remote-control blast in Dera Allah Yar, Jaffarabad district, on Friday. According to the police, the bomb was planted near a hotel in the main bazaar of Dera Allah Yar, which is on the main highway to Jaffarabad. Around seven people were killed on the spot and 26 others sustained injuries.
The police and rescue teams cordoned off the area after the blast. The deceased and injured were shifted to the District Headquarters Hospital, and some eight critically injured were referred to Jacobabad and Larkana. While talking to media, Jaffarabad Deputy Commissioner Zafar Bhukari said that the death toll had risen to nine. Two injured who were referred to Jacobabad succumbed to their injures in the hospital, and six others were still in a critical condition. “The Bomb was planted in a rickshaw which was parked near a local hotel,” Bhukari said.
He said that around eight shops, a car and two motorcycles were destroyed in the blast, adding that majority of the victims were passersby. “Luckily, it was Friday and most of the shops were closed, otherwise the number of casualties could have been much higher,” he added. According to the Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS), it was a remote-controlled blast and and around 25 to 30 kilogrammes of explosive was used in the blast.
No group had claimed responsibility for the blast until the filing of this report. Balochistan Governor Nawab Zulfiqar Ali Magsi and Chief Minister Nawab Aslam Raisani have condemned the loss of human life in the explosion and have ordered the deputy commissioner to submit a report and arrest the culprits immediately.
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