NEW DELHI: A double landmine explosion on Thursday resulted in the death of one person and injured at least 18 individuals in Balochistan located in the southwest of Pakistan, a police officer said.
According to district police officer Asif Haleem, the initial landmine detonated as a truck was traversing a valley in the coal-rich Duki district of Baluchistan province.The second explosion occurred while counter-terrorism officials and civilians were inspecting the location of the first blast.
No individual or group promptly took responsibility for the explosion. However, Baluch separatist groups have previously targeted security forces and infrastructure in the southwestern region.
Initially, their aim was to secure a larger portion of provincial resources, but they eventually began an insurgency seeking independence from the central government.
Earlier, an Islamabad-based think tank reported that militant assaults resulted in the deaths of 70 individuals across the country in April, with a majority of the incidents occurring in the northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
The Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies further mentioned that the nation encountered 323 militant attacks in the initial four months of the year, leading to 324 deaths.
(With inputs from agencies)
According to district police officer Asif Haleem, the initial landmine detonated as a truck was traversing a valley in the coal-rich Duki district of Baluchistan province.The second explosion occurred while counter-terrorism officials and civilians were inspecting the location of the first blast.
No individual or group promptly took responsibility for the explosion. However, Baluch separatist groups have previously targeted security forces and infrastructure in the southwestern region.
Initially, their aim was to secure a larger portion of provincial resources, but they eventually began an insurgency seeking independence from the central government.
Earlier, an Islamabad-based think tank reported that militant assaults resulted in the deaths of 70 individuals across the country in April, with a majority of the incidents occurring in the northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
The Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies further mentioned that the nation encountered 323 militant attacks in the initial four months of the year, leading to 324 deaths.
(With inputs from agencies)
