Pakistan:blast near Quetta police lines leaves many injured

In Pakistan, at least 5 people were injured in an explosion near the Quetta Police Lines area on Sunday. Preliminary reports said that a huge bomb blast has been reported in Quetta in Balochistan province that has resulted in injury to multiple individuals. As per Dawn report, the blast took place near the FC Mussa checkpoint.

Reports of multiple injuries in a bomb blast in highly secure area of Quetta near the Police headquarters and entrance of Quetta Cantonment. The city is under strict security due to a PSL cricket match. pic.twitter.com/lZcfn1VQRU

— The Balochistan Post - English (@TBPEnglish) February 5, 2023

The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement released on Sunday. It stated that security officials were targeted in the blast. The blast comes days after a Taliban suicide bomber blew himself up in a mosque packed with worshippers during afternoon prayers on Monday in the high-security zone in Pakistan's restive northwestern Peshawar city, killing at least 100 people and wounding more than 150 others, mostly policemen.