A roadside bomb blast killed two brothers and left nine others wounded, on the outskirts of Quetta, Pakistan, on Saturday.
According to police sources, unknown men had planted a bomb near the area which went off. They said an improvised explosive device (IED) planted at the roadside in the Nawan Killi area—located in the Balochistan province of Pakistan—was detonated when a car was passing through the area. The blast claimed the lives of two brothers, Abdul Salam and Abdul Nafay.
Soon after the explosion, heavy contingent of police and Frontier Corps rushed to the site and shifted the bodies and injured to Civil Hospital Quetta, says popular Pakistani newspaper Dawn.
“We have received two bodies and nine injured, who were hit by splinters after the IED blast,” said Dr Wasim Baig, the spokesman for the Civil Hospital.
While three of the nine injured remained unidentified till the filing of this report, the six others were identified as Janan, Saifur Rehman, Samiullah, Zabihullah, Muhammad Asif, Naseebullah and Jameel Ahmed.
The bodies were handed over to the families after necessary legal procedures, confirmed authorities. Police termed the blast a targeted killing.
No group claimed responsibility for the attack with security agencies continuing their investigations.