Security officials examine the explosion site in Mastung district of Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province, Nov. 1, 2024. Four people including three school children and a policeman were killed, and 15 others injured when a bomb went off in Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province on Friday morning, official sources said. (Str/Xinhua)
ISLAMABAD, Nov. 1 (Xinhua) -- Four people including three school children and a policeman were killed, and 15 others injured when a bomb went off in Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province on Friday morning, official sources said.
The incident happened in Mastung district of the province where a police vehicle was targeted by a bomb explosion, the sources told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
"The primary target of the terrorists was the police vehicle, but as the explosion happened near a school, a school van which was passing by the police vehicle also got hit by the bomb," the sources added.
The injured people, including policemen and school children, were shifted to a nearby hospital.
Several vehicles including the police vehicle and school van were damaged in the attack.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack yet. ■
An injured man is transferred to a hospital following an explosion in Mastung district of Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province, Nov. 1, 2024. Four people including three school children and a policeman were killed, and 15 others injured when a bomb went off in Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province on Friday morning, official sources said. (Str/Xinhua)
Injured people are transferred to a hospital following an explosion in Mastung district of Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province, Nov. 1, 2024. Four people including three school children and a policeman were killed, and 15 others injured when a bomb went off in Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province on Friday morning, official sources said. (Str/Xinhua)
