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Pakistan: Blast during football match leaves 14 hurt
Khuzdar: A bomb explosion during a football match in Pakistan's Lasbela district on Tuesday left at least 14 people hurt, media reports said.
Police told Dawn News an improvised explosive device was placed near boundary wall of a football ground in Allabad area of Hub town.
The bomb exploded when two teams were playing a match as part of the Shuhada Police Football Tournament, reported the newspaper.
“As many as 14 people watching the football match suffered injuries in the blast that rocked the industrial town,” Tariq Elahi Mastoi, the district police officer, told Dawn News.
Police rushed to the spot after the incident.
The injured people were rushed to hospital after treatment.
No football player was among the injured, Mastoi said.
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