QUETTA, Sept 12: One person was killed and three others were injured in a remote controlled bomb blast in the Sariab area late on Wednesday evening, police sources said.

A cycle rigged with the bomb and parked near Gahi Khan Chowk blew up, injuring four passers-by.

The sources suspected the attack was targeted at a convoy of security forces which had passed the area minutes before the blast.

Police took the injured to the civil hospital where one of them, Zafar Iqbal, died. The other injured were identified as Abdul Qadir, Muhammad Anwar and Muhammad Ismail.

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