Three killed, over a dozen injured as terrorists target passenger bus near Kalat

Three people were killed and more than a dozen got injured as unknow assailants target passenger bus which was moving from Karachi to Quetta at national highway near Kalat in Balochistan, reported 24NewsHDTV Channel. 

The police and rescue teams reached the site and shifted the bodies and the injured to civil hospital Qalat and the critical were referred to Quetta. The emergency has been imposed on civil hospital Qalaat. 

The incident took place in the Neemargh area of Kalat. According to Shahid Rind, spokesperson for the Balochistan government, the bus was traveling from Karachi to Quetta when it was ambushed by armed terrorists.

Security forces and rescue teams rushed to the scene after receiving information about the attack. The injured were shifted to a nearby hospital, where two passengers are reported to be in critical condition.

Security forces have cordoned off the area and launched a search operation to apprehend those responsible for the ambush. Shahid Rind also confirmed that the identification process of the deceased is currently underway. 

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, President Asif Zardari and Interior Minister Syed Mohsin Naqvi have condemned terrorists attack of Indian sponsored terrorists on passengers' bus in Kalat. 

 In their separate messages, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, President Zardari and Mohsin Naqvi have expressed condolences with the victims and reiterated that the government will not allow non state element to play with the lives of the common man in the country and terrorists will be given befitting response.