Children Among Three Killed In Gwadar ‘Suicide Attack’
By Muhammad JuniadPublished On 04 Jan 2023
GWADAR: At least three people, two children among them, were killed and two others sustained injuries in a “suicide attack” in Balochistan’s Gwadar on Friday.
Rescue and police sources said a blast occurred on the Gwadar Expressway, killing three people and injuring two others. The killed and injured have been shifted to a nearby medical facility, they added.
On getting information, heavy contingents of the law enforcement agencies (LEAs) reached the site of the blast and cordoned it off to collect evidence.
In a Twitter statement, the Balochistan government’s spokesperson Liaquat Shahwani confirmed the blast saying it was a suicide attack.
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“Strongly condemn suicide attack on Chinese nationals Vehicle in Gwadar”, he wrote on his Twitter handle.
He said two children who were playing nearby died while three persons, including a Chinese national, sustained injuries. The police and Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) teams have reached the scene and launched a probe into the attack, he added.
