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At least three Frontier Constabulary (FC) personnel were martyred and over a dozen injured in a blast targeting a police truck in Balochistan's Mastung on Tuesday.

Axar.az reports, citing Geo, The vehicle was targeted in the Shamsabad area, leaving as many as 16 FC men wounded in the incident.

Noting that an emergency has been imposed in the Bolan Medical Complex Hospital and the Civil Hospital, the Balochistan government spokesperson said that those injured in the incident are being shifted to Quetta — of which two are in critical condition.

Highlighting that the truck carrying security personnel from Kalat via the RTC was targeted by an improvised explosive device (IED), spokesperson Shahid Rind said that Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti directed Health Minister Bakht Kakar to oversee the situation.

Ordering better health facilities for the injured, the provincial chief executive also warned that no negligence would be tolerated in their treatment.

"The Balochistan government will stand by the martyrs," the official said.

The incident comes against the backdrop of an alarming surge in terror incidents in the country with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan — both of which share a border with neighbouring Afghanistan — facing the brunt of incidents.

Date
2025.04.15 / 11:54
Author
Axar.az
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