On December 31, another two people succumbed to their injuries taking the death toll to six in December 30 night’s bomb blast near the Science College at Jinnah Road in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan, reported Daily Times. The Jinnah Road bomb blast also injured 13 other people who were currently under treatment at the Trauma Centre of Quetta’s Civil Hospital.
Meanwhile, the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) filed a case against an unidentified culprit, reported Daily Times on December 31. A CTD spokesperson said in a statement that at around 9:40 pm on December 30 an Improvised Explosive Device (IED), planted at the main gate of Science College Ground, went off as participants of a public meeting were leaving the venue.