QUETTA:

A blast has been reported in Turbat Balochistan targeting Frontier Corpsconvoy.As per media report, explosives-laden motorbike outside a hotel in Turbattown went off on Thursday, injuring at least nine people.

According to security sources, an improvised explosive device (IED)exploded when a Frontier Corps (FC) convoy was passing the area, addingthat four FC soldiers and a little girl were among the injured.

Rescue workers and law-enforcement personnel shifted the injured to theDistrict Hospital.

The explosion triggered a fire leaving a plume of smoke in the air.

The FC vehicle and a shop were destroyed due to intensify of the blast.