Quetta once again was rocked by an explosion on Friday evening, three days after a blast claimed two lives in the Provincial Capital, Eurasia Diary reports citing Dispatch News Desk (DND) News Agency.

Intelligence networking circles say that involvement of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) also known as Daesh can not be ruled out. However, real situation would clear after thorough investigation.

Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan has directed for report about blast and expressed his condolences with families of victims. He stated that Pakistan’s resolve to fight terrorism is unshaken and the nation gave sacrifices to establish peace in the country.

There are fears that deaths/causalities may go up because some injured are critically wounded.

The blast went off inside a mosque in Ghausabad area of Satellite Town, Quetta, when the people were offering Maghrib prayer.

The Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Aman Ullah and the prayer leader (Imam) along with eight other persons were martyred in the blast while 20 persons received injuries.

The Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Quetta Abdul Razzaq Cheema also confirmed the martyrdom of DSP Aman Ullah.

The security forces immediately cordoned off the area, and the injured persons were rushed to the Civil Hospital Quetta for medical treatment.

Earlier on Tuesday, two persons were killed and 14 were injured when a bomb planted in a motorcycle was detonated through a remote control device near a vehicle of Frontier Corps (FC) on Quetta’s Mekangi road.