March 2022 Quetta bombing

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March 2022 Quetta bombing
LocationFatima Jinnah Road, Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan
Date2 March 2022
Approximately 7:00pm (PKT)
TargetPolice mobile
Attack type
Bombing
Deaths3
Injured25


At about 7pm on 2 March 2022, a bomb exploded near a police mobile on Fatima Jinnah Road in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan. It killed three people and injured 25 others, leaving six of them in critical condition. [1] [2] [3]

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References

  1. Nihad, Ghalib (March 2, 2022). "3 dead, more than 20 injured in blast on Quetta's Fatima Jinnah Road". DAWN.COM.
  2. "DSP among three martyred in Quetta blast". www.thenews.com.pk.
  3. "At least three killed, 25 injured in Quetta blast". The Express Tribune. March 2, 2022.