At least 15 persons, including a senior police official, have died in an explosion in Quetta’s Satellite Town area, police said.
Initial reports suggest several people have also been injured in the blast, which took place inside a seminary in Ghousabad neighbourhood. The nature of the explosion is yet to be determined.
Among the deceased was Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Amanullah, confirmed Deputy Inspector General Quetta Abdul Razzaq Cheema.
Rescue services are at the scene to attend to the injured.
The incident comes three days after a motorcycle parked close to a Frontier Corps (FC) vehicle blew up in Quetta, leaving two people dead and another 14 injured. That blast had come after a respite of some weeks in what has traditionally been a violence-prone area.
In November, at least two FC personnel were martyred and five others injured in an explosion in Quetta’s Kuchlak area. The security personnel were on routine patrol in the area when an improvised explosive device (IED) detonated.
