Islamabad: A bomb blast ripped through a bus carrying security personnel in Quetta city of southwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing 12 people and injuring more than 20, police officials said.
The bomb, planted in an auto-rickshaw, went off as the bus carrying Balochistan Constabulary personnel was passing through Bhosa Mandi area on the outskirts of the city on Thursday morning.
Deputy Inspector General of Police Fayyaz Ahmed Sumbal said 10 security personnel and two civilians were killed. The injured were taken to the nearby Civil Hospital. Those with serious injuries were later shifted to a military hospital. Officials said five of the wounded were in a critical condition.
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