Balochistan violence: Bicycle bomb kills two passersby, injures nine

QUETTA:
Pakistan News Reported :
A bicycle bomb apparently targeting security forces killed two people and injured nine others, including Frontier Corps (FC) personnel on Tuesday, police said.
The device exploded on the road from Quetta to the airport as a FC convoy passed nearby.
“Two people passing by were killed in the blast and nine others wounded. The injured also included three FC soldiers,” Wazir Khan Nasir, a senior police official told AFP.

Police and other law enforcement agencies rushed to the site of the blast and moved the injured to Combined Military Hospital and Civil Hospital Quetta.
“The blast partially damaged an FC vehicle in the blast in which three personnel were wounded whose condition is stable,” FC spokesperson Murtaza Baig said.
Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Mir Zubair Mehmood said the explosives were detonated through a remote-controlled device and that the FC convoy was the main target of the blast.
He added that an investigation was under way into the incident.
“The FC convoy was a target apparently. Around five kilograms (11 pounds) of explosive was fitted on to the bicycle parked along the roadside. It exploded when the FC convoy passed nearby,” he said.
No group has claimed responsibility for the blast till the filing of this report.
Meanwhile, Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Mohammad Aslam Raisani condemned the attack and ordered the authorities and security agencies to take steps to control terrorist attacks in Quetta.    Balochistan is plagued by militancy, sectarian violence and a regional insurgency waged by separatists.
Violence has surged in the province this year and human rights activists have raised concerns about an increase in targeted killings.
The dead were identified as Muhammad Rafiq and Sanaullah. FC personnel injured in the blast were identified as Awaldar Saifullah, Qamar Riaz and Sepoy Saeed while the civilians injured were identified as Sikandar, Muhammad Ishaq, Muhammad Naheem, Nisar Ahmed, Muhammad Umar, Ghulam Sarwar. Three individuals could not be identified till the filing of the report.