Authorities said the explosive had been placed on a motorcycle and detonated remotely.
TURBAT/BALOKISTAN:
A bomb targeting the convoy of Kech Deputy Senior Commissioner (retd) Bashir Barech in Turbat, Balochistan, injured eight people, including the Levies Force, on Monday.
Kech Police Senior Superintendent Captain (retd) Zohaib Mohsin said a remote-controlled device, attached to a motorcycle, was detonated when the convoy was passing on Press Club Road. The deputy commissioner was unharmed, although a vehicle in the convoy was seriously damaged. Police and Border Force personnel are investigating the attack.
The injured were rushed to a nearby hospital and police confirmed that their condition is stable. Police authorities have said the explosive had been placed on a motorcycle and detonated remotely. Security forces have cordoned off the area and are collecting evidence.
Balochistan has seen a rise in terrorist incidents, particularly against law enforcement and security forces, led by the “Fitna al-Hindustan” group.
‘Fitna al-Hindustan’ is a term used by the state to refer to all terrorist groups operating in Balochistan, a designation intended to reflect the “true nature and ideology” of these Indian-sponsored elements and their “nefarious designs”.
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Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, speaking at a national workshop in Balochistan on Saturday, expressed concern over the resurgence of terrorism in the province and called for a thorough review of the factors behind the unrest.
Recent attacks in the province include a bomb on a railway track near Dera Murad Jamali on October 7, which killed a railway worker and disrupted railway services; an explosion near the Quetta FC headquarters on September 30 that killed at least 10 people and injured 32; and an attack on the Jaffar Express in Mastung on September 23, in which 12 people, including women and children, were injured.
Other notable incidents this month include an explosion near a taxi rank in Chaman on September 18, which killed at least five people, and an explosion at a Balochistan National Party-Mengal rally in Quetta on September 2, which killed five people and injured 29.
