IED event in Balochistan, Quetta area, Pakistan on Sun 5th September 2021

Four Frontier Constabulary personnel were martyred and 20 injured in a suspected suicide bomb attack on Quetta’s Mastung Road early Sunday morning. The attack targeted a Frontier Constabulary check-post on Mastung Road. The FC personnel were at the check-post performing their duties when the suicide bombers blew up his explosive-laden motorcycle near them. Over 5kgs of explosives were used in the attack, the DIG police Azhar Akram said. He said the dead and the injured were moved to the Shaik Zayed Hospital and Quetta Combined Military Hospital. The road was cordoned off and a heavy contingent of police and Rangers arrived at the site. A bomb disposal squad was also called in. Three vehicles and three motorcycles parked in the area were damaged in the blast. Balochistan Home Minister Mir Ziaullah Langove has directed the authorities to submit an investigation report of the attack at the earliest. The outlawed Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan has claimed responsibility for the explosion. Prime Minister Imran Khan has condemned the attack.