Pakistan: 2 IEDs Functioned Near Shops Injuring 20
TRIPwire, 20 December 2022
On 19 December 2022, local authorities and a bomb disposal squad responded to Umar Farooq Chowk in Khuzdar, after an IED concealed on a parked motorcycle was remotely functioned. As police and bystanders rushed to the scene of the initial explosion, a second IED concealed on a parked motorcycle was remotely functioned. Twenty people were injured, and several nearby shops sustained damage from the blasts. No further details on the IEDs were released. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, and the investigation is ongoing.