Two killed, One injured in Quetta blast

QUETTA: At least two persons were killed while another injured in a bomb blast that took place in Sariab area of the provincial capital on Monday.

"Unknown men had placed explosive material in a garbage heap near Awami petroleum service station on Sariab road," police sources told this news agency.

The bomb exploded when three paper-picker boys tried to take something from the garbage heap. As a result, all the three sustained serious wounds, police said.

Two of the three wounded succumbed to their injuries on the way to hospital. The bodies and injured were shifted to Civil hospital. Law enforcement personnel rushed to the site and cordoned off the entire area to trace the suspects out. Further investigation was underway.