4 injured in second blast targeting police in a week in Quetta.

Byline: Syed Ali Shah

At least two policemen and as many civilians were injured in an explosion on Quetta's Spinny Road on Monday, police sources said.

The target of the blast, carried out using an improvised explosive device (IED), was a police mobile, the sources added.

The explosives were planted in a motorcycle parked on the roadside and were detonated when the police vehicle passed by on the road. As a result, two policemen and two civilians sustained injuries.

TV footage showed the blast left the police mobile partially damaged while at least one car parked nearby was completely damaged.

The injured were shifted to Quetta Civil Hospital's trauma centre, where an emergency was imposed.

Police and Frontier Corps personnel rushed to the site as an investigation into the incident went...

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