Quetta blast: death toll reaches 14

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At least 14 police and FC personnel martyred in a blast near a polio centre in Quetta’s Satellite Town on Wednesday.

The initial reports suggest the attack was conducted to target a security forces convoy on a roadside near the polio centre.

Of the 14 killed, majority are reported to be members of the police force and six others are injured.

Rescue teams have reached the site of the incident and the injured are being shifted to a nearby hospital, where two are said to be in critical condition.

Meanwhile, police and security officials have cordoned off the area and investigation is underway.

The nature of the blast however, has not yet been ascertained.