Bomb explodes
Highlights
- Bomb blast outside football stadium in Pakistan
- Three people injured in accident
- All players left
Bomb blast in Pakistan: Three people, including a policeman, were injured in a bomb blast outside a football stadium in Pakistan’s Balochistan province. The explosion occurred on Saturday outside Turbat Stadium on Airport Road in the province’s capital Quetta, while a football match was underway. According to Dawn newspaper, the match was organized by Pakistan’s paramilitary Frontier Corps, South, which serves in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces. Officials said none of the players who took part in the match were hurt.
Bomb exploded during match
A police official said, “During the match, a bomb exploded and panic spread, following which the spectators were pulled out of the stadium. At least three people were injured, including a policeman on duty at the entrance. Earlier in March, a powerful suicide bombing exploded at a Shia mosque during Friday prayers in the northwestern city of Peshawar in Pakistan. 57 people died and about 200 people were injured. It was one of the deadliest attacks in the restive province bordering Afghanistan. A rescue official said the blast took place at the Jamia Masjid located in the Qissa Khwani Bazar area when people were offering Friday prayers.
57 people died and 194 people were injured
No group immediately claimed responsibility for the blast in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, which borders Afghanistan. But Islamic State and radical terrorist groups have claimed responsibility for deadly attacks on the Shia community in the past. Lady Reading Hospital (LHR) media manager Asim Khan had confirmed that at least 57 people were killed and 194 were injured in the blast.
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