Karachi: At least four people were killed and 20 others wounded in an explosion in Balochistan’s Sibi District on Sunday.
Unidentified persons had planted a bomb on a motorcycle, parked on the roadside, in Chakar Khan road area of Sibi which went off with a huge bang, Anwar Khetran, the Sibi district police officer (DPO) told media. He further said that the nearby buildings and shops were also damaged in the explosion and added that all the blast victims were civilians. “The target of blast is yet to be confirmed,” Khetran said. Security and rescue teams reached the blast site. Security personnel cordoned off the area as a probe into the incident went underway.
Rescue sources said that the victims were shifted to Sibi Civil Hospital where an emergency was imposed to treat the injured.
The condition of three wounded was reported as critical where as five victims had been treated for minor injuries. Shopkeepers pulled down their shutters after the blast as fear and panic prevailed in the city. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast. Balochistan has been under the grip of sectarian violence and attacks of Baloch separatists and unknown elements since more than a decade. President Mamnoon Hussain and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif strongly condemned the blast.
