IED

IED event in Pakistan on Sat 30th March 2024

30th March 2024

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A bomb blast killed one person and wounded 14 in Pakistan’s southwest on Saturday, including three soldiers, a police official said.The blast occurred in Hernai district, which is northeast of Quetta city in Baluchistan province.Javed Domki, Hernai deputy commissioner, said the IED exploded when a team from Mari Petroleum Company was conducting a gas exploration survey. Nobody immediately claimed responsibility.For years, Baluchistan has been the scene of a low-level insurgency by groups demanding independence from the central government in Islamabad.Although the government says it has quelled the insurgency, violence in the province has persisted.

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