Explosion at Mosque in Pakistan, casualties reported - VIDEO - PHOTO

A bomb targeting worshippers has detonated near a mosque in southwestern Pakistan during Friday prayers, killing two and injuring at least twelve people, authorities say.

Report informs citing Sputnik that the bomb went off near a mosque in the city of Quetta, the capital of the volatile province of Balochistan, local police official Behram Khan said.

Television footage showed ambulances rushing injured people to hospitals and people running around in panic.

Some of those wounded are in a critical condition, rescue official Shahid Baloch said.

The circumstances of the bombing are not yet known, Khan said.

Explosion at Mosque in Pakistan, casualties reported - VIDEO - PHOTO