QUETTA: Funeral prayers of the people who were killed in Mastung Blast  have been offered on the Alamdar Road, Aaj News reported.

It is pertinent to know that this blast took place on January 21 in a bus  making its way through the Pakistan-Iran highway in Mastung. Banned outfit Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) claimed the responsibility of the attack.

The killings triggered mass protests in the country and the Hazara Community refused to bury their dead. However, they ended their two-day-long sit-in after Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar assured them of launching a targeted operation against the Mastung blast perpetrators.

The funeral prayers of the deceased were offered today. The bodies will be laid to rest in Alamdar Road area which is predominantly a Hazara neighborhood.