20 people injured in bomb blast in Pak: police

At least 20 people were injured after a bomb blast ripped through a shop in a busy market in Pakistans restive Balochistan province on Friday, police said.

The incident happened in the sweet shop located in a crowded market located in Kohlu district of Balochistan. The blast had taken place in a sweets shop located in a crowded market in the main bazar of Kohlu town. So far 20 people have been injured and all of them have been rushed to the district hospital, a senior police official said.

Terror attacks, including suicide and remote controlled bomb blasts, are a frequent menace in the Balochistan province with militants and insurgents not even sparing civilians in their bid to create unrest and hit at security forces and installations.

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