September 2021 Quetta bombing

On 5 September 2021, in Quetta, a terrorist on a motorcycle targeted a check post on Mastung Road, killing 4 FC personnel and injuring 20 others.[1][2]

2021 Quetta suicide attack
LocationQuetta, Balochistan, Pakistan
Date5 September 2021 (5 September 2021)
TargetFC checkpost
Deaths4
Injured20
PerpetratorTehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan

The bombing

Police said the attack was carried out by a suicide bomber who drove his motorbike packed with six kilograms of explosives into a convoy of a law enforcement agency vehicle. Police and law enforcement agencies immediately began an investigation at the scene of the blast, led by a bomb squad.[3] Emergency services arrived on the scene shortly after the explosion.[4] According to police officials, the injured were shifted to Combined Military Hospital (CMH) and Sheikh Khalifah Bin Zayyad Hospital for medical treatment.[5]

Prime Minister Imran Khan, Federal Human Rights Minister Shireen Mazari,[2] Governor Balochistan Syed Zahoor Ahmad Agha,[6] Shahbaz Shareef[7] and others condemned the suicide attack.[8]

Claim of responsibility

TTP claimed the responsibility,[9] which, according to Shireen Mazari, was sponsored by the RAW.[10][11]

See also

References
  1. "4 martyred, 20 injured in suicide attack targeting FC checkpost on Quetta's Mastung Road". 5 September 2021.
  2. "4 martyred, 19 injured in Quetta blast; PM Imran Khan condemns TTP".
  3. Dawn.com, Ghalib Nihad | (2021-09-05). "4 martyred, 20 injured in suicide attack targeting FC checkpost on Quetta's Mastung Road". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2021-12-03.
  4. "4 martyred, 19 injured in Quetta blast; PM Imran Khan condemns TTP". www.geo.tv. Retrieved 2021-12-03.
  5. "کوئٹہ: چیک پوسٹ پر خودکش حملہ میں ایف سی کے 4 اہلکار شہید، کس نے ذمہ داری قبول کی؟ وزیراعظم کی مذمت".
  6. "کوئٹہ خود کش حملہ: نامعلوم افراد کے خلاف ایف آئی آر درج". 5 September 2021.
  7. "شہباز شریف کی کوئٹہ خودکش دھماکے کی مذمت".
  8. "کوئٹہ میں فورسز کی گاڑی پر خود کش حملے میں 4 اہلکار شہید، 20 زخمی". 5 September 2021.
  9. "کوئٹہ میں کالعدم تحریک طالبان پاکستان کا خود کُش حملہ، چار ہلاکتیں | Dw | 05.09.2021". Deutsche Welle.
  10. Dawn.com, Ghalib Nihad | (2021-09-05). "4 martyred, 20 injured in suicide attack targeting FC checkpost on Quetta's Mastung Road". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2021-12-03.
  11. "4 martyred, 19 injured in Quetta blast; PM Imran Khan condemns TTP". www.geo.tv. Retrieved 2021-12-03.
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