Three people were killed and twenty-one others, including police officers, were injured after an explosion happened next to a police van on Quetta’s Double Road.
There are four injured individuals in critical condition.
For medical care, the injured have been sent to Civil Hospital. The police car was damaged in the blast. The explosive device was hidden in a motorcycle and exploded as the police van got closer, according to police accounts.
The fire incident on passengers in Kalmat, Balochistan, was sharply denounced by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and President Asif Ali Zardari. The president and premier offered their condolences to the families of the victims, expressing their profound sadness at the terrible death toll.