Two security men killed in Mastung blast

QUETTA: A car bomb hit a paramilitary van escorting a bus of pilgrims in Mastung area of Balochistan on Saturday, killing two soldiers, officials said. The incident took place in Dringhar area, on the main Quetta-Taftan Highway in Mastung district, some 50 kilometres (30 miles) southwest of Quetta. "The bomb exploded after an FC (Paramilitary Frontier Corps) vehicle stopped to check a parked car," Sayed Mehrab Shah, a senior government official in Mastung told. All the pilgrims on the bus, who were on their way to Iran, were safe but several security personnel were wounded by the remotely triggered bomb, Shah said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast. Abdul Wasay, spokesman for the paramilitary Frontier Corps confirmed the attack and told that rescue teams had been dispatched to the area.