About 9 security personnel of the Balochistan Constabulary were killed, while 13 others sustained injuries in a suicide bomb attack in Bolan, reported Geo News. 

According to the SSP of Kachhi, Mehmood Notezai, the preliminary evidence suggests it was a suicide attack, however, the exact nature of the blast could be ascertained after the investigations.

He said that a bomb disposal team reached the site of the incident and the area is being searched after the explosion. According to the police, the blast occurred near the Kambri bridge area of Bolan and the injured are being shifted to Divisional Headquarters Hospital, reported Geo News.

So far, no one has claimed responsibility for the attack.

As soon as the incident was reported, local administration and security forces reached the spot.

The Balochistan Constabulary (BC) personnel were returning from duty in Sibi Mela when they were targeted. The truck overturned due to the intensity of the explosion, The Express Tribune reported. 

The bodies and injured personnel were shifted to Sibi district where they were provided medical aid. The condition of some of the injured is reportedly critical.

Notably, the BC is a department of the provincial police force that provides security at important events and in sensitive areas, including jails.

Periodic negotiations between the Pakistani government and terrorist groups in recent years have only convinced the terrorists of the government's incompetence. Several peace deals and cease-fire agreements between Islamabad and the TTP have broken down.

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