Blast in Quetta trash heap injures 8, including 3 children

Due to the explosion in the trash heap in Quetta, eight people have suffered injuries, including three kids, Bol News reported on Wednesday.

According to SSP Operations, the blast took place in a dump of garbage under the bridge on Zarghun Road, Quetta. Additionally, as soon as the incident was reported, the rescue team reached the spot and shifted the injured to the hospital for immediate medical assistance.

The SSP operations further claimed that the children who got injuries were picking garbage while a traffic police personnel suffered injury near the bridge. A total of eight people have been injured in the blast.

Furthermore, the police said that the explosion appears to be an improvised explosive device, and investigations are ongoing in this regard.

Earlier, at least five police officials were martyred and several sustained injuries in an improvised explosive device (IED) powerful blast near a police vehicle in the Mamond Belot area of Bajaur Tehsil in Peshawar.

According to police, the policemen were going to provide security to polio vaccination teams when an IED planted on the roadside went off, as a result, five police officials were martyred and 27 others injured .

The injured were shifted to Khar Hospital where emergency has been declared.