The attack killed three terrorists, and the banned Balluchistan People’s Liberation Army (BLA) claimed that the attack hijacked the passenger train Gif Express last week.
An evidence at the attack site indicated that a suicide attacker crashed an explosive vehicle into a FC convoy on the Noshki-Dalbandin national highway, a police official said.
Three terrorists were killed after suicide bombers crashed their motorcycles into football club teams for the first time. “After the explosion, some other terrorists opened fire on football club personnel, but two of them were killed in the retaliatory shooting. Two civilians and three soldiers were also killed,” police officials said.
Hashim Momand, senior principal of Noshki Police, said the explosion rate was high, with at least 30 paramilitary soldiers injured and they had been moved to the hospital for treatment.
The head of local police station Zafarullah Sumalani set the death toll of football club soldiers at five, but it was not possible to verify. He also fears the death toll and injuries will increase as several of the injuries are in critical condition. Post Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Home Minister Mohsin Naqvi and Bal Lu Chistan Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti all condemned the attack and expressed grief over the death. “This cowardly act cannot shake our determination to oppose terrorism,” Sharif said in a statement. He also directed the best treatment for the injured.
