Balochistan CM Sarfaraz Bugti strongly condemned the attack on the police mobile, stating that the perpetrators will be brought to justice.
Two cops among 12 injured in Quetta blast targeting police mobile. Two cops among twelve people injured in a blast near a police van on the Eastern Bypass in Quetta on Wednesday, police officials said.
The police mobile was targeted in an explosion that injured 12 individuals including two policemen, Balochistan government spokesman Shahid Rind confirmed.
The provincial health department officials said the injured had been shifted to Quetta Trauma Centre for further treatment. Earlier, they were provided with initial medical aid in Civil Sandeman Hospital.
According to law enforcers, a bomb disposal squad was called to determine the nature of the blast, and an investigation was launched into the incident.
Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfaraz Bugti strongly condemned the attack on the police mobile, stating that the perpetrators will be brought to justice.
He further directed concerned authorities to provide the best medical care to the officers and civilians injured in the explosion.
“Terrorists will be brought to justice,” he said, adding that terrorists are cowards who always search for soft targets and action against them will continue.
This incident comes just two days after a similar attack in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Swat district, where a remote-controlled bomb targeted a police van guarding a convoy of foreign envoys.
In that attack, one officer was killed, and four others were injured, though the envoys were safely evacuated to Islamabad.
The rise in violent attacks in Pakistan, particularly in the provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Balochistan, has been alarming since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in 2021.
According to data from the Pak Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS), the number of attacks in these regions surged from 38 in July to 59 in August, with 29 incidents reported in KP and 28 in Balochistan.
In response to the growing threat, the federal government approved Operation Azm-e-Istehkam in June, a renewed national counter-terrorism initiative aimed at eradicating terrorism under the National Action Plan.
