Pakistan: Policeman killed, 2 injured in blast in Balochistan
A blast hit a police vehicle in Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province on Sunday, leaving one policeman dead and injuring two others, police said.
The blast took place near Sultan Ibrahim Chowk area of Khuzdar district of the province, killing a station house officer of the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) on the spot, senior superintendent of local police Mir Hussain Ahmed Lehri told Xinhua.
He said that the officer was the target of the blast, adding that a magnetic bomb was fitted under the officer's vehicle by unknown miscreants.
Rescue teams, police and security forces immediately reached the site following the blast and shifted the injured to a nearby hospital.
The area was cordoned off, and a search operation was underway to arrest the culprits.
(With UNI inputs)
IBNS
Senior Staff Reporter at Northeast Herald, covering news from Tripura and Northeast India.
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