Quetta, Nov 26: A bomb went off near a railway track in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta, twisting a small section of the track and leaving a crater at the site, but no injuries were caused, police said today. The explosion occurred late last night in a residential district of Quetta, said Mohammed Aslam, a Quetta Police official.
Workers were repairing the track. Aslam said the explosion did not disrupt any trains.
No one claimed responsibility for the blast which came after a homemade remote-controlled bomb exploded along a road near an army auto repair yard in Quetta on Monday.
The capital of Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province, Quetta has seen rocket attacks and small-scale bomb explosions which have rarely caused serious casualties or major damage. The city has also been the scene of several acts of sectarian violence recently.
On Saturday, a powerful bomb concealed in a bin went off in another area of Quetta, shattering windows in some nearby homes and causing panic among people, but there were no injuries.
In an attack on a Shiite Muslim mosque in Quetta in July about 50 people were killed. The attack was blamed on Sunni militants. Bureau Report