QUETTA: At least two policemen were killed and five people were injured in an explosion near the Balochistan University in the provincial capital on Tuesday. Talking to the media, Balochistan Home Minister Sarfaraz Bugti confirmed the incident. “The attackers targeted a check-post, killing two police personnel and injuring five others, including three policemen,” he said. “The injured have been shifted to the hospital and the bomb disposal squad is carrying out an investigation into the blast,” the home minister said. However, he declined to give any further details. The outlawed Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack. “The TTP’s special unit MSG targeted the police through IED,” the TTP spokesperson said in a statement.