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Urgent: 5 killed as blast hits Pakistan's southwest city of Quetta

Xinhua, February 6, 2016 Adjust font size:

At least five people including three paramilitary personnel were killed and several others injured as a blast hit a security forces' convoy in Pakistan's southwest city of Quetta on Saturday afternoon, reported local Urdu TV channel Dunya.

The nature of the blast is yet to be determined. Enditem