QUETTA: One person was killed and another two were injured in a roadside blast in Balochistan's troubled Turbat area on Saturday morning, levies said.

Muhammad Tariq, a levies official, told Dawn.com that militants targeted the vehicle of Frontier Works Organisation (FWO) through a remote-controlled bomb in Dasht Tehsil of Kech district. He said initially three persons were seriously injured in the blast. However, one of them succumbed to injuries on way to hospital. The blast also damaged the vehicle of the FWO.

FWO workers were engaged on a road construction when targeted by militants. No group has claimed the responsibility for the attack, however, Tariq suspects Baloch separatist-backed armed groups may be behind the incident.

The FWO is an organisation working for developmental engineering in Pakistan, which includes tunneling, earthen dams, the construction of bridges and roads among other things.

Oil tankers torched in Mastung

In a separate incident, armed militants torched two oil tankers near the Mastung area of Balochistan late Friday night.

According to levies sources, armed militants opened fire at two oil tankers on the Taftan-Quetta highway. The tankers caught fire after indiscriminate firing by armed militants.

Levies said the drivers and cleaners narrowly escaped the attack. The tankers were carrying fuel from neighbouring Iran to Quetta when attacked by armed militants. Fire fighters rushed to the spot to extinguish the roaring flames, a Levies man said.

He added that it is yet to be confirmed whether the oil was smuggled legal. The motive behind the attack could not be confirmed, levies said.

There was no claim of responsibility for the attack.