QUETTA: An improvised explosive device (IED) killed one policeman and wounded seven others in a roadside attack in the eastern Bypass area of Quetta Thursday morning, police said.

The injured have been taken to Civil Hospital Quetta, where a state of emergency has been imposed.

The blast also damaged a police mobile van.

There has been no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack yet. Police and Frontier Corps are investigating the attack.

The attack comes a day after two remote-controlled roadside blasts killed one constable and injured at least 17 others in Peshawar.

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