QUETTA: At least one security official was killed and four others including a child were injured in a bomb blast on Quetta's Brewery road on Saturday.The outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the remote-controlled blast, in a statement sent to media.

According to rescue workers, the bomb went off close to a Frontier Corps (FC) checkpost at Main Chowk on Brewery Road.

As a result of the explosion, which was heard far and wide, at least four FC personnel and a minor were injured, however, one of the injured FC men later succumbed to his injuries.

The injured were shifted to the Civil Hospital Quetta for treatment.

Brewery road is considered to be one of the sensitive areas of Quetta. The area has witnessed a number of attacks in the past as well.