QUETTA - A policeman was martyred while 17 others including police personnel sustained injuries in a bomb blast targeting a police truck parked near Balochistan University’s main gate at the Sariab Road, police and rescue workers said on Monday.
Soon after the terror attack, law enforcement agencies reached the site and cordoned off the entire area and started investigation to determine the nature of blast. The victims were rushed to civil hospital’s trauma centre. Some seriously injured were referred to Combined Military Hospital (CMH) after completion of first aid. Medical Superintendent Civil Hospital Javed Akhtar said that 17 persons were injured in the incident. Those injured were identified as Amir Khan, Mehmood Khan, Nadeem, Babar Maqbool, Khalil Ahmed, Doctor Nazamuddin, Muhammad Hussain, Shehryar, Muhammad Rafiq, Shah Faisal, Muhammad Aslam, Muhammad Mujeebullah, Abudl Malik, Attaullah, Raheel and Kamran were brought to civil hospital. One police personnel namely Neamat martyred in the blast.
He said on instructions of Balochistan government, emergency was declared in the hospital for ensuring treatment of the injured blast. Further investigation was underway.
