14 people injured in blast near hospital in Pakistan

TIL Desk/World/Karachi- At least 14 people were injured when a roadside bomb targeting a judge, exploded near a hospital in Quetta in Pakistan’s restive southwestern Balochistan province, days after a deadly attack killed 74 people, mostly lawyers.

Fourteen people were injured in the blast when a vehicle belonging to the Anti-Terrorism Force accompanying Justice Zahoor Shahwani’s vehicle was hit at Quetta’s Zarghon Road. Balochistan Home Minister Sarfaraz Bugti said the judge escaped the attack but one of the security vehicles escorting him was damaged,” Balochistan Home Minister Sarfaraz Bugti said.

The bomb was planted along the side of the road and exploded as the ATF vehicle passed by. According to rescue officials, ten civilians and four security officials were injured, with two in critical condition, in the blast near Al Khair Hospital in Balochistan’s provincial capital. The blast also shattered windows of nearby buildings.