Two Blast in Pakistani city of Quetta. four killed 15 injured.

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Two Blast in Pakistani city of Quetta. four killed 15 injured.

Four people were killed and 15 wounded Monday in a bomb attack on a police vehicle in a market in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta, a hospital official said.

In a subsequent attack, a Station House Officer (SHO) was targeted in a roadside blast in Quetta. Police said the SHO of Sariab Police Station, Ehsanullah Marwat, was patrolling along with his squad. Police confirmed to Reuters that the police squad was safe, while three people passing by were injured.

The separatist group Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility for the attacks, which were the third attack in less than 24 hours on police in Quetta, located in the southwestern province of Balochistan.

In a statement, the group also said four people were killed, including two police officers.

"The Baloch Liberation Army accepts responsibility for this attack and we reiterate our commitment that all atrocities against the Baloch people will be held accountable," said Jeeyand Baloch, BLA spokesman.

Senior police official Shafqat Cheema told Reuters that the first attack targeted a vehicle representing a police investigator parked in Kandahari Bazar.

According to initial reports, an improvised device containing 4 to 5 kg (9 to 11 lb) of explosives was placed in a motorcycle parked behind the vehicle and detonated remotely.

Among the dead were two policemen who were sitting in the vehicle, said Zohaib Mohsin Baloch, Inspector General of Police Operations.

Wasim Baig, a hospital spokesman in Quetta, told Reuters that the number of injured had reached 15 in addition to the four dead.