Tragic Bomb Blast in Pishin Claims Lives and Injuries
A tragic bomb blast in Pishin, southwestern Pakistan, killed two children and injured 16 people, including seven policemen, on Saturday. The remote-controlled bomb, attached to a motorcycle, detonated near police headquarters. The children were passing through the area when the explosives went off.
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A tragic bomb blast in southwestern Pakistan's Pishin killed two children and injured 16 people on Saturday, according to police officials.
Seven policemen suffered injuries after a remote-controlled bomb, attached to a motorcycle, detonated near police headquarters, disclosed Manzoor Buledi, senior superintendent of police, Pishin, to Reuters.
"Explosives were planted in a motorcycle which was parked in the area," confirmed police officer Mujeeb-Ur-Rehman, noting that the children who were killed were passing through the vicinity at the time of the explosion.
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