Five security personnel dead in IED blast in Pakistan

At least five security personnel have been killed in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in Margut area in Pakistan's Quetta on Monday.

According to The Dawn, two security personnel have been injured in the blast where forces' vehicle was targeted by a remotely-detonated device, rescue sources said.

Balochistan, Pakistan's largest but least developed province, has remained under the grip of violence for over a decade which has claimed thousands of lives.