QUETTA: At least two people were killed and one other was injured while trying to defuse an improvised explosive device (IED) in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province, a paramilitary official said on Saturday.
The blast occurred in the Ali Chakarani area of Balochistan’s Dera Bugti district, when local tribesmen attempted to defuse the IED planted by unknown militants, according to Nadir Ali, in-charge of the paramilitary Levies station in the area.
The deceased were identified as Washu Khan and Muhammad Zahid, while the injured person was being treated at a hospital.
“A local shepherd informed the tribesmen on Saturday morning that a suspicious device had been planted in the area,” Ali told Arab News. “The slain tribesmen were attempting to defuse the device without informing the local Levies force and other law enforcement agencies.”
No group has claimed responsibility for planting the IED.
