Two policemen killed in IED blast in Pak

May 25, 2016 00:19

Two policemen were killed and seven other people, including three policemen, injured today after a roadside bomb targeted a police patrol in Quetta.

A police mobile passing through the city's Spini Road was targeted with an IED blast, killing a policeman on the spot and injuring eight other people, officials said.

One of the injured policemen died in the hospital. The others injured in the blast were civilians passing through the area when the blast took place. Baluchistan's Home Minister Mir Sarfaraz Bugti told the media that around three Kg of explosive material was used in the blast.

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