Pakistan: At least three people, including a policeman, were injured in a bomb blast outside a football stadium in Pakistan’s Balochistan province. The explosion occurred on Saturday outside Turbat Stadium on Airport Road in the province’s capital Quetta, while a football match was underway.
According to the ‘Dawn’ newspaper, the match was organized by Pakistan’s paramilitary force Frontier Corps, South, which serves in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces. Officials said that none of the players participating in the match were injured.
A police official said, “During the match, a bomb exploded and it created panic, following which the spectators were pulled out of the stadium. Three people including a policeman on duty at the entrance were injured.
Attacks on security officials have intensified in this region since the Taliban seized power in Kabul in August last year. It is seen to have encouraged banned outfits like the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan to remain active along the Afghan-Pakistan border.
On July 27, three policemen were killed and two critically injured in separate incidents in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province as instances of targeted attacks on the country’s security forces caused wide concern.
