Quetta: Seven people including 6 police men were martyred and 22 others were injured in an explosion near truck of Elite force in Quetta.
According to media reports, Elite force truck was on its routine duty on National highway when suddenly blast took place on Quetta- Sibbi road .
As a result 7 people including 6 police men were martyred while 22 others sustained injuries.
Explosion was of such high intensity that Elite force truck WAS completely burnt to ashes.
One vehicle and a motorcycle parked near the place of incident were partly damaged as well.
Injured were rushed to nearby Quetta civil hospital for first aid and most among them are stated to be in critical condition.
Police and frontier corps personnel reached the scene and cordoned off the area.
According to police terrorists hit explosives laden vehicle with the truck which was carrying 35 Elite force personnel.
No group has claimed responsibility of blast so far however security has been high alerted across the city after incident.
On the other hand, Chief Minister Balochistan Nawab Sana Ullah Zehri and home minister Balochistan have strongly condemned the terrorist activity in Quetta while directing hospital administration to provide better medical facilities to injured persons. .
CM Punjab Mian Shehbaz Sharif also condemned Quetta explosion and expressed profound grief over over loss of precious lives.
It is vital to mention here that this is a second terrorist attack on police in Quetta during the last six days. Before this one police official was killed while three others were injured in firing incident on October 13.