IED

IED event in Balochistan, Panjgur area, Pakistan on Tue 8th August 2023

8th August 2023

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At least seven people, including a newly elected Union Council chairman, were killed in an explosion in Panjgur district on Monday evening, officials said. Mohammad Ishaq, the Balgatar UC chairman, was returning to his village along with six other people after attending a wedding when his vehicle was targeted by a roadside bomb at Chakar Bazaar in the border area of Turbat and Panjgur districts. A senior police official said the vehicle was badly damaged and all seven people died on the spot.

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