7 people have died in a blast in Pakistan's Balochistan province on Friday. The dead included 5 children and a policeman. Apart from this, 23 other people have also been injured. A remote controlled IED bomb was planted on a motorcycle to carry out the blast.
The blast took place near Girls Secondary School at Civil Hospital Chowk in Mastung district. Local Superintendent of Police Rahmat Ullah said that the target of this attack was the police van which was going to pick up the polio vaccination team.
Another police officer, Abdul Fatah, told AFP news agency that a policeman and a shopkeeper also died in the blast. Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has condemned this attack.
The picture is of an auto rickshaw hit by the blast. School children were traveling in this rickshaw.
the police van going to pick up the polio team.
After the blast, officials reached the spot to investigate.
Chief Minister said- will take revenge for the killing of civilians
Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfaraz Bugatti condemned the blast and termed it inhumane. The Chief Minister said, “We will avenge the killing of innocent children and civilians”. Apart from this, he appealed to the citizens to be alert against terrorists.
After the blast, emergency has been imposed in all the hospitals of Quetta. It said that all doctors, pharmacists, staff nurses and other medical staff have been called immediately. No organization has taken responsibility for the attack. However, Baloch and Taliban militants continue to target security forces in this province.
Chief Minister Sarfaraz condemned the attack in a post on Twitter.
Polio team was attacked 3 also
Also on Tuesday, a policeman was killed in an attack on a health office associated with the polio vaccination campaign. These attacks are taking place at a time when the third national polio campaign has been started in Pakistan from Monday.
Under this campaign, polio vaccination is to be given to 4.5 crore children below five years of age in 71 districts. This campaign has been launched in view of the increasing polio cases in Balochistan and Sindh provinces.
There was a decline in polio cases in Pakistan in 2023, from 20 to 6 in 2022. Pakistan and Afghanistan are two countries in the world where polio outbreak still continues.
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3 terrorist attacks in Pakistan, 73 killed: 23 people shot after closing the highway in Balochistan, railway line-police stations also attacked
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