2 policeman martyred, 8 injured in blast near Quetta’s Serena Hotel

QUETTA, AUG 8: At least two policemen were martyred and eight others injured in an explosion near Quetta’s Serena Hotel on Sunday evening.

Four passers-by were also wounded in the blast that targeted a police mobile near Tanzeem Chowk, Balochistan government spokesperson Liaquat Shahwani said in a statement.

He said the bomb was fitted into a motorcycle.

The injured were shifted to hospital, where an emergency was imposed.

He condemned the attack, saying “terrorists want to disturb Balochistan’s peace and spread fear.”

“[We] will bring to justice the elements trying to create disturbance in peaceful Balochistan,” he added.

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