Staff Report

QUETTA: A powerful blast rocked Quetta this afternoon, SAMAA reported on Wednesday.

According to initial reports, the blast took place somewhere in Akhtarabad area of the city. The cause of the blast is not known yet. Police and rescue teams rushed to trace the blast site to rescue any possible victims of the blast.

During last couple of weeks, Quetta has been made a special target by the terrorists and everyday’s new terror activities including firing, killing and blasts have made people of the city frightened and unsafe.

Today’s morning, more than a dozen unknown armed attackers shot dead six persons and injured several others in Hazara Town.

Earlier yesterday, the security forces shot dead two male and three female Chechan militants under suspicious circumstances near a paramilitary security check post in Quetta. SAMAA