Pakistan: Bomb Blast Near Quetta's Serena Hotel Claims Lives Of 2 Police Personnel, 13 Others Injured

The Police informed that the explosion took place at Zarghoon Road, near the city's University Chowk, adding that the explosives were planted on a motorcycle.

Security officials inspect the site of a bomb explosion in Quetta on August 8, 2021. (Banaras KHAN / AFP)

New Delhi: An explosion near Quetta's Serena Hotel, a luxury hotel, on Sunday evening claimed the lives of at least two policemen while 13 others were injured.

The explosion took place near a police van. The injured, including two policemen, have been shifted to the city's Civil Hospital, Deputy Inspector General Quetta said, adding that the windows of nearby buildings were shattered due to the blast. 

The Police informed that the explosion took place at Zarghoon Road, near the city's University Chowk, adding that the explosives were planted on a motorcycle, news agency IANS reported.

"Pakistan media reports said that four passers-by were also wounded in the explosion that targeted a police mobile near Tanzeem Chowk," Balochistan government spokesperson Liaquat Shahwani said in a statement.

Shahwani also stated that the bomb was fitted into a motorcycle. He condemned the attack, saying "terrorists want to disturb Balochistan's peace and spread fear."

"[We] will bring to justice the elements trying to create disturbance in peaceful Balochistan," he added.

The injured have been shifted to hospital, where an emergency was imposed.

Chief Minister of Balochistan Jam Kamal Khan has condemned the incident.

The incident has taken place more than three months after a powerful bomb exploded in the parking lot of the Quetta Serena Hotel, killing five people and wounding a dozen others.

Pakistan Taliban had claimed responsibility for the blast at Serena Hotel in Balochistan's Quetta in April. More details pertaining to the new blast incident are awaited.