QUETTA: At least three people including one Frontier Corps (FC) man were killed and 22 others injured in a remote controlled bomb explosion early on Saturday in the Satellite Town area of Quetta, police said.

Militants targeted the convoy of FC in the blast in the morning, sources said. Two FC personnel were among the injured.

Imran Qureshi, the Superintendent of Police told Dawn that several shops and vehicles were also destroyed in the blast.

"The blast was so powerful that it was heard far and wide," he added.

The injured were rushed to Civil Hospital Quetta for medical treatment. Emergency was imposed in the hospital to treat the wounded. The area was cordoned off by security forces.

Militants in recent days have intensified attacks against security forces and national installations in Balochistan, plagued by an insurgency and growing sectarian killings for more than a decade.