QUETTA (AFP) - A bomb attached to a bicycle injured at least 13 passers-by near a mosque in Pakistan s southwestern city of Quetta on Wednesday.
The bicycle was parked in front of a private hospital, close to the mosque in the Satellite Town area of Quetta.
The law enforcement agencies and rescue teams immediately reached the site after the blast. The injured have been taken to the civil hospital while the law enforcement agencies have started search operation after cordoning off the area.
Senior police official Fayaz Sumbal said the target of the attack was not yet clear as the injured were mainly bystanders.
There was also no immediate claim of responsibility. The Taliban have stepped up violence ahead of Pakistan s general elections on May 11.
Late Tuesday, a suicide car bomber killed six people and wounded more than 30 others in Hazara Town, a Shiite dominated area in Quetta.
On February 16, a giant tractor bomb killed 90 Shiites from the ethnic Hazara minority in Quetta. On January 10, 92 others were slaughtered by suicide bombers at a snooker hall elsewhere in the city.
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