The brother of Afghan Taliban chief Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada was among four persons killed and another 25 sustained injuries in a bomb blast at Al-Haj mosque in Kuchlak area of Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan on August 16, reports Daily Times.The prayer leader Hafiz Hamdullah, who lost his life in the blast, was a younger brother of Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada. Mullah Haibatullah was not there at the mosque at the time of blast but his son sustained injures. No one has so far claimed responsibility for the blast. “It was a timed device planted under the wooden chair of the prayer leader,” said Abdul Razzaq Cheema, the Chief of Police in Quetta.
Separately, Balochistan National Party (BNP) leader Mir Nawab Amanullah Zehri among four persons were shot dead in Khuzdar town under same District in the night of August 16, reports Daily Times. Zehri’s grandson and two other friends were also gunned down in the incident, Levies personnel said.