Blast kills 5, including 3 school children, in Pakistan
A blast targeting a police van in Pakistan's Mastung district killed five people, including three schoolchildren, and injured 12 others on Friday. Police reported that the explosion, triggered remotely from a motorcycle, occurred near the Civil Hospital Chowk.
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- Anadolu Agency
- Published Date: 09:13 | 01 November 2024
- Modified Date: 09:15 | 01 November 2024
At least three school children were among the five people killed in a blast that hit a police van in Pakistan on Friday.
The incident, which also injured 12 others, took place in the Mastung district of the southwestern Balochistan province, police said.
"Five people, including a policeman and three schoolchildren, were martyred in the blast," Mastung district police chief Miandad Umrani told the local daily Dawn.
An explosive, placed on a motorcycle, was detonated remotely near a police van at the Civil Hospital Chowk, it added.