Only 2 militants executed Quetta BMC attack: Officials

QUETTA: A team of officials investigating the deadly attack on Bolan Medical Complex (BMC) Quetta on Saturday has revealed in its initial report that only two terrorists were involved in the tragic incident that killed and injured many people.

One of the attackers who managed to stay alive after carrying out the attack blew himself up with explosives, the report further said.

It is pertinent to mention here that the Frontier Constabulary (FC) on Saturday had claimed that four miscreants were killed during the clash following the attack.

The officials in their report said those killed in the militant’s attack included a Deputy Commissioner, a medico legal officer and 4 nurses while four security men also lost their lives in the bomb and fire attack.

Meanwhile, according to an eyewitness, a suicide attacker blew himself up in BMC’s emergency ward while the second one got himself engaged in an exchange of fire with dozens of security personnel that continued for several hours.