The convoy of Senator Sarfraz Bugti was targeted in a remote-controlled bomb blast in the Dera Bugti district of Balochistan on Saturday.
Police told the media that Senator Sarfraz Bugti’s convoy was targeted in a remote-controlled bomb blast in Dera Bugti.
The remote-controlled bomb was detonated after Bugti’s vehicle passed from the road, police added. Senator Bugti escaped safely in the incident, however, a security guard sustained injured as the bomb explosion hit the second vehicle of the convoy.Dera Bugti Deputy Commissioner Mumtaz Khetran, while confirming the attack, said the bomb was planted at the roadside. He added that Mr Bugti’s guards have received injuries who have been moved to the district hospital. No organisation has yet claimed the responsibility for the attack.
Mr Bugti, a member of the Balochistan Awami Party, was elected to the Senate in 2021.
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