Bomb targeting Shia pilgrims leaves 2 FC personnel martyred in Mastung

At least two soldiers were martyred when a roadside bomb hit a paramilitary van escorting a bus of Shia Muslim pilgrims in the Mastung district of Balochistan on Saturday, officials said.
The incident took place in Dringhar area, on the main Quetta-Taftan Highway in Mastung district, some 50 kilometres southwest of Quetta.
“The bomb exploded after a Frontier Corps (FC) vehicle stopped to check a parked car,” Sayed Mehrab Shah, a senior government official in Mastung told AFP.
All the pilgrims on the bus, who were on their way to Iran, were safe but several security personnel were wounded by the remotely triggered bomb, Shah said.
Abdul Wasay, spokesman for the paramilitary Frontier Corps, confirmed the attack.
Meanwhile, a heavy contingent of security personnel cordoned off the site of incident and investigations into the attack went underway.
Shia parties and leaders have condemned the terrorist attack on Shia Zaireen (pilgrims) and loss of lives of security personnel in the attack. They demanded military operation against the terrorists.