blast in quetta| Pakistan: Bomb blast in Quetta, two policemen killed and eight injured in explosion. Pakistan: Blast near Serena hotel in Quetta leaves two cops dead, many injured

Quetta: Two policemen were killed in an explosion in Quetta, the capital of Pakistan’s troubled province of Balochistan. It is being told that this explosion took place near the famous Serena Hotel in Quetta. The intensity of the blast can be gauged from the fact that after this the windows of the surrounding buildings were broken. Eight people are said to be injured in this blast, who are being treated in the hospital. The condition of some of the injured is said to be serious. Emergency has been declared in the entire area after the blast. So far no organization has claimed responsibility for it.

death of two policemen

Balochistan government spokesman Liaquat Shahwani said the blast targeted a police mobile van near Tanzeem Chowk. He said that preliminary investigation revealed that the bomb was planted in a motorcycle. Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan also condemned the attack and expressed grief over the death of two policemen. The blast targeted a police van parked at Tanzim Square near the Serena Hotel.

was a powerful explosion

On 22 April this year, a powerful bomb was detonated in the parking lot of the Quetta Serena Hotel. Five people were killed and a dozen were injured in that blast. Since then the city has witnessed several attacks in which security personnel and civilians have been injured or lost their lives. At least four people were injured and a Frontier Corps vehicle was damaged in an explosion at Hazar Ganji on the outskirts of Quetta late last month.