At least one person was killed and seven others injured in a bicycle bomb explosion on the Mall Road area of Chaman district on Tuesday.
The intensity of the blast destroyed four vehicles situated in the vicinity and also damaged more than a dozen shops. Windowpanes of nearby buildings also shattered due to the blast.
Security and rescue teams rushed to the blast site and rescue personnel shifted the victims to District Headquarters Hospital Chaman. One of the victims succumbed to his wounds while receiving medical treatment.
No group immediately claimed responsibility for the bombing.
The blast comes two days after an explosion in Chaman killed a child and wounded nine others.
Meanwhile, a Frontier Corps (FC) soldier was killed in a mine blast in Marwa area in the outskirts of Quetta.
A FC spokesperson said that a mine-sweeping team was busy in clearing Marwa area when it struck a mine planted on the roadside. The explosion killed one FC trooper.
