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Two journalists injured in blast in SW Pakistan

By Xinhua,

Islamabad : Two journalists were injured when a bomb went off in southwestern Pakistan on Monday, according to official Associated Press of Pakistan (APP).

The bomb was planted with a gas geyser outside the offices of local newspapers in Universal Complex in Quetta, capital city of Balochistan province.

An editor called Abdul Qayyum and photographer Jamal Tarakai of daily Awwam suffered minor injuries as a result of the blast. Windows of nearby buildings, shops and a medical complex were smashed as a result of the blast.

The injured were shifted to Civil Hospital where doctors discharged them after necessary treatment, reported APP.

Senior police officers and bomb disposal squad officials reached the scene and inspected the site of the blast. The police have registered a case against unknown men behind the blast.