Blast in Quetta leaves two policemen injured

QUETTA: Two policemen have been injured in a blast that occurred near the Kechi Baig police station in the Sariab area of the city on Wednesday, Geo News reported.

According to police the blast occurred when explosives planted on a bicycle blew up. Police say a child left the bicycle near the police station and left the scene, adding that a car was also damaged as a result of the blast.

This is the sixth blast to occur in Quetta in the past 24 hours.

Earlier this morning thirteen people including two children were injured in a blast near a private hospital in Satellite Town, Quetta. Meanwhile six people were killed and 40 sustained injuries after four successive blasts rocked the provincial capital on Tuesday evening.