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Suicide bomber rams motorcycle into a truck in Balochistan province, killing nine members of a paramilitary force.
At least nine soldiers have been killed and several wounded in a suicide attack in southwest Pakistan’s Balochistan province.
“At least nine soldiers of the paramilitary Balochistan Constabulary were killed in a blast,” Ijaz Ahmad, spokesman for the local police said on Monday.
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The forces were travelling on a bus in the Sibbi town of Kachhi district of Balochistan province – some 160km (100 miles) southeast of provincial capital Quetta – when the vehicle exploded, according to the spokesman.
Spokesman Mehmood Khan Notizai told Reuters news agency that a suicide bomber riding a motorcycle “hit the truck from behind”.
The soldiers were returning from a local week-long cattle show where they had been providing security, officials said.
Hospital officials said at least seven policemen were wounded in the attack, the latest in a series targeting security personnel in Pakistan.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
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Ethnic Baloch armed groups have been fighting the government for decades, accusing it of exploiting Balochistan’s rich gas and mineral resources.
More to follow.
