Pakistani security forces wounded in blast
| Publisher | Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |
| Publication Date | 2 January 2017 |
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January 02, 2017
Pakistani security officials inspect the site of a bomb blast that targeted a vehicle of the Frontier Corps on January 2.
At least six Pakistani security service forces have been wounded by an explosion in the southwestern city of Quetta.
A group of Frontier Corps security forces were patrolling the Western Bypass area of Quetta on January 2 when their vehicle drove over a roadside bomb, said a spokesman for the security force.
The injured were taken to local hospitals. One person is reportedly in critical condition.
Muhammad Khurasani, a spokesman for Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP), claimed responsibility for the attack in an e-mail to RFE/RL.
Officials have begun an investigation.
Quetta is the capital of the resource-rich Balochistan Province, which has been plagued by sectarian violence and a separatist insurgency that has led to thousands of casualties since 2004.
With reporting by Dunya News
Link to original story on RFE/RL website
