Suicide blast kills one, injures five in Quetta

QUETTA: An explosive laden vehicle rammed into the wall of Deputy Inspector-General (DIG) of police, Wazir Khan Nasir’s home on Gulistan Road, killed at least one and injured five others including DIG according to initial reports on Thursday.

DIG Police Wazir Khan Nasir was targeted as an explosive laden vehicle rammed into the wall of his house.

According to CCPO police, Daud Junejo, attacker first opened fire and then blew up his explosive-laden car, killing his guard at the gate. He said DIG was slightly wounded in the attack.

Balochistan has long been the scene of a low-level insurgency by nationalists who say their movement is aimed at getting a greater share of profits from natural resources like natural gas extracted from their province.