QUETTA: A vehicle explosion left as many as three dead and three wounded in Ziarat, on Friday.
As per reports by the police, a vehicle exploded in Ziarat’s Zero Point area near Kharwari Baba area taking the lives of three including a woman while leaving three others in an injurious state.
According to Assistant Commissioner (AC) Ziarat Major Kabir Zarkon, a vehicle carrying people was on its way to picnic point of Kharwari Baba when blast was occurred in a vehicle.
Levies Force team led by Assistant Commissioner Ziarat Major Kabir Zarko on information reached the site and shifted the bodies and the injured to district headquarter hospital (DHQ) where the injured were referred to provincial civil hospital’s trauma centre for further treatment in view of their critical condition after completion of initial medical aid.
The bodies were identified as Shabir Abbas, Zain-Ul-Abiddin, and Khadija Bibi.
The all victims were reported to be residents of Karachi who had reached to Ziarat for picnic during Eid-ul-Fitr.
As of now, the precise cause of the explosion is under investigation by the police whereas initial reports have speculated that a CNG cylinder could have exploded.
