Bomb kills one, injures seven in Balochistan's Panjgur
Published February 06, 2018
QUETTA: An explosion in southwest Pakistan left at least one person dead and seven others wounded on Monday, officials said.
A remote control bomb, targeting civilians, was planted in a motorcycle that went off in Panjgur city of Balochistan, according to authorities.
"It was an improvised explosive device [IED] planted in the motorcycle parked in a busy area of the Panjgur city and was detonated through a remote control," Ghulam Ali — the provincial home secretary — told AFP.
Bashir Bangulzai — the commissioner of Makran region, of which Panjgur is a part — confirmed the details and said two of those wounded were in critical condition.
On Sunday, a six-year-old girl and her mother were also killed in the outskirts of Panjgur when the child was playing with a hand grenade found near her house.
China is investing in the area under a $54-billion project known as the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), upgrading infrastructure, power, and transport links between its far-western Xinjiang region and Gwadar port.
