Bomb attack kills four, injures 19 in southwestern Pakistan
A bomb attack in the outskirts of Pakistan’s southwestern city of Quetta has killed at least four people and injured 19 others.
The attack took place Saturday when a bomber detonated his explosive vest near a bus terminal, targeting the vehicle of an army colonel, but the officer was not in the vehicle at the time of the attack, the Associated Press cited senior police officer Abdur Razzaq Cheema as saying.
Most of the victims were civilians, including a child, while four of the wounded were security officers.
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) terror group, also known as Pakistani Taliban, claimed responsibility for the attack.
According to security experts, nearly 10 kilograms of explosives with steel balls were used in the attacker’s vest.
The attack comes two weeks after the TTP conducted another bomb attack in Quetta that killed the city’s police chief and three other officers.
Quetta, the largest city of Balochistan, has seen several bombings and shooting attacks over the past years.
Balochistan was rocked by a series of terrorist attacks late last year, raising fears about an increasing presence of armed militants in the area, including terrorists linked to the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group.
Separatist militants in the province have also been engaged in a decades-long campaign against the central government.
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