{"id":4764,"date":"2026-07-03T11:22:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T11:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=4764"},"modified":"2026-07-03T11:22:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T11:22:16","slug":"ied-blast-near-mastung-bridge-damages-road-no-casualties-reported","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=4764","title":{"rendered":"IED blast near Mastung bridge damages road, no casualties reported"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">QUETTA: An improvised explosive device (IED) planted by unidentified individuals exploded near the Spizand Bridge in Mastung District on Friday morning, partially damaging the road but causing no casualties, police said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to police, the blast occurred at around 8am near the bridge. While the bridge remained intact, a section of the adjoining road sustained partial damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police, bomb disposal personnel and other law enforcement agencies rushed to the scene shortly after the explosion. The area was cordoned off and a search operation was launched as investigators collected evidence to determine the nature of the blast and identify those responsible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officials said no vehicles or pedestrians were passing through the area at the time of the explosion, preventing any loss of life or injuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following the incident, security forces increased patrols in the area and tightened surveillance in nearby localities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Authorities said investigations were underway from multiple angles and vowed to bring those responsible for the attack to justice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>QUETTA: An improvised explosive device (IED) planted by unidentified individuals exploded near the Spizand Bridge in Mastung District on Friday morning, partially damaging the road..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4765,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-03-162140-1.png",726,434,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-03-162140-1-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-03-162140-1-300x179.png",300,179,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-03-162140-1.png",726,434,false],"large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-03-162140-1.png",726,434,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-03-162140-1.png",726,434,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-03-162140-1.png",726,434,false]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?cat=3\" rel=\"category\">Pakistan<\/a>","tag_info":"Pakistan","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4764"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4764\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4766,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4764\/revisions\/4766"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}