Child killed, 18 injured in Quetta blast

QUETTA: One child was killed and 18 including other children and a woman were injured in a blast near the New Sariab police station in the city.

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The bomb planted in a rickshaw exploded when a security forces vehicle was passing through the area. The blast left nearby shops and a hotel damaged.

According to initial police investigations two kilograms of explosives were used.

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The injured were shifted to the Quetta Civil Hospital. | Video: Eyewitness |

Balochistan Home Minister, Mir Sarfaraz Bugti visited the hospital and announced that the injured would be shifted to Karachi for treatment if the need arose.