An
unregistered religious seminary was gutted as a result of an explosion
that occured allegedly after explosive materials prematurely went off in
the Eastern Bypass, an outskirt of Quetta valley, on Sunday morning,
Pakistan.
Four rooms of the religious seminary and a nearby house were completely destroyed in the blast.
According
to eyewitness accounts, three people injured in the blast were taken
out by their companions before police reached the site.
A search operation was launched to find the injured, but police could not locate them at any Quetta hospital.
Deputy
Inspector General Police (DIG) Operations Mohammed Jaffar said some
religious literature was recovered from the wreckage along with
explosives material.
He said those in the seminary were preparing explosives that went off prematurely.
Quetta
is vulnerable to sectarian and militant attacks and recently two
bombings killed more than a dozen people and injured over 50 others.
After
the US drone strike that killed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Chief
Hakimullah Mahsud, security has been beefed up in sensitive areas of
Quetta that include the military cantonment, Chief Minister House, IG FC
and Police Balochistan’s residences and provincial secretariat.
Source: Reuters
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