Pakistan bomb blast kills two children, injures 16 people

24/8/2024 18:24

        A bomb blast in southwestern Pakistan killed two children and injured 16 people on Saturday, police officials said.
        
        The city's senior superintendent of police, Manzoor Buledi, seven policemen were among those injured when the remote-controlled bomb, attached to a motorcycle, detonated near police headquarters in Pishin.
        
        Police officer Mujeeb-Ur-Rehman said, "Explosives were planted in a motorcycle which was parked in the area," adding that the two children killed were passing through the area when the blast occurred.
        
        Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed deep sorrow and grief over what he called the martyrdom of young children in the explosion. In a statement he expressed condolences to their families, adding that he was praying for the recovery of the injured policemen and other people in the incident.