Six including four FC men injured in Quetta

QUETTA: At least six people including four Frontier Corps (FC) personnel were injured on Wednesday in a bomb blast at Sariab road in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan.

Talking to reporters, Balochistan Home Minister Sarfraz Bugti said that FC’s vehicle was targeted in the blast.

He said that they expect such attack as they were in a ‘warzone’, adding that the forces would not back away from any sacrifice to ensure peace.

He confirmed that two civilians and four FC men were injured in Sariab road blast.

He further said that the terrorists would soon meet their end.

No militant group claimed responsibility for the attack.

Quetta is the capital of Balochistan province, rich in resources and at the heart of multi-billion-dollar energy and infrastructure projects which China and Pakistan are planning along a corridor stretching from the Arabian Sea to China's Xinjiang region.

The province, the poorest and least developed in Pakistan, has suffered nearly a decade of militant violence against the government.