At least two people were killed in a suicide explosion near Sardar Bahadur Khan Women’s University at Quetta’s Brewery road late on Friday.
Balochistan Home Secretary Akbar Hussain Durrani said that the bomber attempted to enter Quetta’s Hazara Town area but was intercepted by security personnel. He added that the interception forced the attacker, who was wearing women’s clothes, to prematurely detonate his explosives.
Hazara Town is a locality populated mainly by the ethnic Hazara Shia minority which has been targeted by extremist militant groups.
Security sources claimed that those killed in the attack included the attacker and the security guard who had intercepted the 25-year-old bomber.
