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QUETTA: A Frontier Corps (FC) personnel was killed and 10 others were injured on Monday in a bomb blast in a crowded bazaar of the Pak-Iran border town of Panjgur, police confirmed.
According to sources, a remote-controlled bomb fixed on a parked motorcycle, which was intended to target a FC convoy, exploded at Saddam Chowk in a crowded market. As a result, FC official Mohammad Rafiq was killed and 10 others were injured.
According to eyewitnesses, the blast was so powerful that it was heard in remote parts of the district. The injured people included three FC officials – Mohammad Amjad, Mathiullah and Zubair Ahmed. While the civilians injured in the blast were identified as Mohammad Anwar, Abdul Razaq, Gul Mohammad, Nazir Ahmed, Pervez Ahmed, Mohammad Rahim and Maula Baksh.
No one has claimed responsibility for the attack so far. However in Quetta, FC spokesman Murtaza Baig refuted the sources’ report, saying that no FC official was killed or injured in the blast. Home | National
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One Frontier Constabulary official died and several other people were injured on Monday when a remote-controlled bomb was detonated at Panjgur, in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. The Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF) later claimed responsibility for the attack.

Witnesses say the bomb was planted in a motorbike parked on Hospital Road in the town. When town security vehicles were passing, the bomb exploded. A security official, identified as Head Constable Mohammad Rafique, was killed. Ten others were severely injured; according to witnesses, this included six civilians. The victims were immediately rushed to hospital.

The blast was so powerful that the sound could be heard in a significant area of the town. Three of the injured were Frontier Corps (FC) officials. Some victims are said to be in a critical condition. 

Frightened shopkeepers soon shut down after the incident. Police soon arrived in the area to take control of the situation.

Doda Baloch, spokesman for the BLF, called journalists to say that they had executed the attack with a remote-controlled motorcycle bomb. He claimed the attack killed eight from the security forces, including an officer.

An investigation into this explosion is underway, said Panjgur police.