5 injured in blast in Pakistan’s Quetta

ISLAMABAD: A bomb went off in Pakistan’s southwest Quetta city of Balochistan province on Sunday, leaving at least five people injured, police officers said.

The explosion happened near a check post in the Police Lines area in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan, police in Quetta told media.

A heavy contingent of police and rescue teams reached the area after the blast and shifted the wounded to a nearby hospital, where at least one person is said to be in critical condition.

Security forces cordoned off the area and kicked off a search operation. Police said the nature of the blast is not known yet.

The banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement on Sunday.

-Xinhua