QUETTA: At least two people have been killed and 20 injured in a blast targetting JUI-F chief Maulana Fazulur Rehman, moments after he ended his address at a rally in Quetta.<br />According to initial reports, the blast took place outside the venue of the rally on Mackengi Road. Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s vehicle was the target of the blast.<br />“The bomb exploded near my vehicle but I am safe since my car is bomb-proof,” said Maulana Fazl talking to Express News. “It was a suicide attack, my vehicle has been completely destroyed,” he added.<br />JUI-F leader Maulana Amjad said the blast occurred very close to Maulana Fazlur Rahman’s car. ”It was a suicide attack,” he added.<br />According to witnesses, a suicide bomber tried to unsuccessfully overtake Maulana Fazlur Rahman’s car before blowing himself up. Further, Express News correspondent Arif Mehmood said a young boy blew himself when he was prevented from going near Maulana’s car.<br />Earlier, a blast on Quetta’s Qambrani Road left two people dead and 14 others — including two personnel of Frontier Corps (FC) – injured on Thursday, Express News reported.<br />Further, unidentified men also opened fire on a bus in the outskirts of Quetta on Thursday, killing eight people — said to belong to the Hazara community — and injuring one, in what is believed to be a sectarian attack.<br />Condemning the incident, Balochistan Interior Minster Sarfaraz Bugti said that “we (Pakistan) are in a state of war.”<br />“On one side there are border clashes and on the other we are fighting Zarb-e-Azb, in such a situation such incidents aren’t unfamiliar,” he said while talking to Express News.
