Explosion at Wholesale Market Near Islamabad
Explosion at Wholesale Market Near Islamabad
At least 23 dead, over 30 others injured in early morning bombing.
At least 23 people were killed and over 30 others injured when a bomb detonated at a fruit market in Rawalpindi early Wednesday morning.
The blast took place at a wholesale fruit and vegetable market in the busy morning period. Located at the edge of twin cities Rawalpindi and Islamabad, the market was not a known target and had not been threatened in the past.
Shortly after the blast, law enforcement authorities cordoned off the area and started a search operation for the people responsible. “It was an act of terrorism,” said a local police official. He said explosive material had been planted in a crate of fruit and may have been detonated remotely.
Pakistan lose seven securitymen in Balochistan in a week Updated Mar 11, 2021 | 20:45 IST
In the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Baluchistan, Pakistan security forces have lost 24 men while 15 were injured in 11 attacks in 2021 alone. Representational Image | Photo Credit: ANI
New Delhi: Balochistan is becoming increasingly difficult for the Pakistani security forces, with seven security personnel killed in the fighting in four separate incidents with Baluchi organisations in the third week of last month. In the Kech area of Hoshab on February 15, one member of the Pakistan security forces was killed.
Three days later, near Quetta, another Pakistani security man was killed. There were four fatal casualties in Kahan, in the Kohlu area on the same day. A day later, there was yet another fatality in Panjgur, Woshab.