Quetta blast toll reaches five

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QUETTA: The death toll of Satellite Town blast in Quetta has reached five after another wounded cop succumbed to his injuries on Thursday.

The deceased police official identified as Malik Abid who was under medical treatment in Civil Hospital.

Earlier on the night of May 13, an explosion ripped through a mini market in Satellite town area of the city.

Since the advent of the holy month of Ramzan, it was the fourth incident of violence in the country.

On May 11, three police persons and three terrorists were killed during an attack on the Pearl Continental Hotel.

On May 8, five policemen were martyred in what officials described as a suicide bombing targeting an Elite Force van detailed to the security of the Data Darbar shrine in Lahore.

On the same day, three people, including a tribal leader named Wali Khan Achakzai, were killed in a blast in Qilla Abdullah.