At least one person was killed and 10 others injured in an explosion in Quetta’s Mission Road area on Tuesday evening, police said.<\/p>\n
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At least one person was killed and 10 others injured in an explosion in Quetta’s Mission Road area on Tuesday evening, police said.<\/p>\n
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The bomb went off in a market located on Mission Road where most of the shops are owned by members of the Hazara community, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Quetta Abdul Razzaq Cheema said.<\/p>\n
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He said the injured were rushed to nearby Civil Hospital Quetta for treatment.<\/p>\n
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“We are investigating the nature of the blast,” the police officer told DawnNewsTV.<\/p>\n
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The explosion smashed the windows of nearby shops and shopping malls. Police reached the spot as an investigation into the incident went underway.<\/p>\n
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It was the third blast in the last fortnight in the provincial capital. All three attacks took place on consecutive Tuesdays.<\/p>\n
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On July 23, a blast had occurred in the Eastern Bypass area which left four people dead and 32 injured. And on July 30, an explosion near a police station in the city had left five people dead and 30 others injured.<\/p>\n
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The banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan had claimed responsibility for the blast near the police station.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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