The bomb, planted in a mini-jeep, exploded when the bus of Balochistan Information Technology University approached it, Quetta CCPO Mir Zubair told reporters. “The bomb targeted the bus as it carried Hazara students,” he added. He also said five students died on the spot while another 70 were wounded. The bus was carrying 75 students.
Police and rescue teams reached the scene and shifted the injured to the Sandeman Provincial Hospital and the Combined Military Hospital (CMH). “The university bus was carrying Hazara students and a police van was escorting it.
