Election Desk (Quetta): At least 31 people, including five police officials, were martyred and 30 injured in a suicide attack in the Bhosa Mandi area of the provincial capital on Wednesday. PB-31 and NA-266 fall in this constituency.
The attack targetted the convoy of DIG Abdul Razzaq Cheema, who remained unhurt in the attack, near a polling station on the Eastern Bypass. SHO Bhosa Mandi succumbed to his injuries.
Police confirmed it was a suicide blast and security forces established a cordon around the site of the attack.
Two minors were also among the deceased. The injured were shifted to Civil Hospital Quetta. The hospital’s spokesperson Waseem Baig confirmed the casualties at 28.
Caretaker Prime Minister Nasirul Mulk was among the first to send his condolences to those who were killed in the blast.
The current status of polling cannot be confirmed by us due to high security in area with no access allowed to our and other major media representatives to the area due to security threat.