Quetta, Pakistan — At least two people were killed and seven others injured in a bomb blast near Quetta, the capital of Pakistan’s Balochistan province, while in a separate incident, armed militants attacked and torched a Levies station in the nearby Mastung district.
According to police, the bombing occurred in the Srah Ghorgai Kali Mangla area, roughly 30 kilometers from Quetta in the jurisdiction of Hana Police Station. The victims were traveling in a vehicle when it was targeted with an improvised explosive device (IED) placed along the roadside.
Tragically, the explosion claimed the lives of Abdul Salam Bazai and Abdul Nafi Bazai, both sons of a prominent tribal leader, Sardar Abdullah Bazai. The injured were transported to Civil Hospital Quetta for medical treatment.
Authorities say the victims were en route to inspect a coal mine they owned in a mountainous region after receiving reports of an attack on the site by unidentified armed men, who allegedly set fire to mining machinery. Investigators believe the roadside bomb may have been planted to deliberately target them.
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Police have launched an investigation and suspect the involvement of a banned militant organization, although no group has yet claimed responsibility.
In a separate but seemingly coordinated act of violence, unidentified militants attacked the Levies Station in the Wali Khan area of Mastung district. According to Levies Control in Mastung, the assailants set fire to the police station, destroying records, infrastructure, and an official vehicle.
Frontier Corps (FC) sources confirmed that security forces were dispatched to the site immediately after the attack, but the militants fled before their arrival, leaving behind some of their weapons.
Balochistan, which borders both Afghanistan and Iran, has seen a resurgence in militant violence in recent years, with separatist and Islamist groups often targeting security forces and infrastructure. Analysts have warned that groups such as the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) pose a growing security threat, comparable to the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), in terms of their operational reach and ambition.
The Pakistani government has yet to issue an official statement on these incidents.
