ISLAMABAD: At least seven people were killed and seventy others wounded in a suicide attack last night near the house of a police official in Quetta city, the capital of province of Balochistan, southwestern Pakistan.
The police chief of restive southwestern province of Balochistan, Inspector General Mushtaq Sukhera, narrowly escaped the suicide attack which killed at least seven people and wounded 70 others, officials said.
"At least two policemen, three paramilitary soldiers and one passer by were killed outside the inspector general's residence and 46 others were wounded," Police sources said.
"A huge amount of explosives were packed into the vehicle and the blast left a deep crater, with the explosion shattering nearby windows and sending debris flying," the sources added.
The police chief was safe, while another police official said the blast was so loud it was heard all over the city. An investigation into the bombing has been launched. (QNA)
