QUETTA: One child was killed and another injured when a toy bomb exploded in Quetta on Friday, DawnNews reported.

According to the preliminary details, children found a toy-like bomb near a shop in the provincial capital’s Akhtarabad area, which exploded killing one on the spot and severely injuring another.

The injured child was immediately shifted to the Bolan Medical Complex.

Nobody immediately claimed responsibility, but rebels have been carrying out bombings in Balochistan since an insurgency pushing for political autonomy and a greater share of profits from the region's oil, gas and mineral resources began in 2004 in Balochistan, of which Quetta is the capital.

The province, which is one of the most deprived areas of Pakistan, is also a flashpoint for surging sectarian violence between the country's majority Sunni Muslims and Shias, who account for around a fifth of the 180 million people.

In a separate incident in Quetta’s Turbat region Friday, miscreants launched an attack on security forces’ personnel. During a clash between the two sides, one of the attackers was killed.