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Pakistan: IED blast in Panjkur

Type of event:
UXO - Unexploded ordnance

Victims

7

Wounded

Date

August 7, 2023

What happened

According to local authorities, seven people, including a newly elected Union Council chairman, were killed as a Roadside IED went off in Panjgur district. Mohammad Ishaq, the Balga­tar UC chairman, was returning to his village along with six other people after attending a wedding when his vehicle was targeted by a roadside IED at Chakar Bazaar in the border area of Turbat and Panjgur districts.

Where it happened

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