September 2025 Quetta bombing
terrorist attack in Balochistan, Pakistan
A terrorist attack occurred in the city of Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan on 30 September 2025, when a group of six armed militants began shooting outside of the Federal Constabulary (FC) headquarters moments before a powerful car bomb, which carried the insurgents, was detonated. It killed upwards of 10 people and injured upwards of 30 others.
No group claimed responsibility immediately after the attack. However, an anonymous counterterrorism intelligence officer indicated that the attack was targeting the regional headquarters of the Frontier Corps, the local paramilitary force.
Bombing
The suicide bomber, dressed in FC uniform, drove a Suzuki van into the driveway of the FC headquarters located in Quetta, Balochistan in the late morning of 30 September 2025. According to Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Special Operations Quetta Muhammad Baloch, the vehicle turned from Model Town towards Hali Road, near the FC building, before ramming into an exterior wall of it.
Five militants, dressed in civilian clothes, exited the vehicle and immediately engaged in a heavy firefight with security forces. They then infiltrated the building. A CCTV camera showed that the bomb detonated at 11:33:46 a.m., after which gunfire continued.
Soon after, gunfire died down.
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