QUETTA, Dec 14: The acting commandant of the Balochistan Constabulary, Khalil Ahmed, narrowly escaped an assassination attempt on Friday when a bomb exploded right after his vehicle passed by it.  The bomb on Sariab road was detonated by remote control.

Seven people received injuries in the explosion. The bomb was attached to a bicycle parked near a roadside hotel. A spokesman for the banned United Baloch Army, Mureed Baloch, claimed responsibility for the blast.—Saleem Shahid