Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 27 Feb 2023, 06:56 am Print
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Khuzdar: At least two police officers died when a bomb attached to the police vehicle went off in Khuzdar city of Pakistan's Balochistan province on Saturday, media reports said.
The incident left two other cops hurt.
The blast occurred when the vehicle was patrolling the area near Jhalawan Complex.
“Unknown people had placed a magnetic bomb on the police vehicle, and detonated with a remote control, resulting in the death and injury of four security personnel,” Fahad Khosa, Khuzdar’s senior superintendent of police, told Khaama Press.
Security forces rushed to the spot and launched a search operation in the region.
No group has claimed responsibility for the incident so far.
Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) earlier launched several attacks in the region.
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