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.
