Six dead in suicide attack on school bus

At least six people, including four children, were killed when a suicide car bomber struck a school bus in southwestern Pakistan.

According to reports, “38 others were wounded in what is the latest attack in the tense south-western Balochistan province.”

A local deputy commissioner, Yasir Iqbal, said the attack took place on the outskirts of Khudzar as the bus transported them to their military-run school in the city.

The province has been the scene of a long-running insurgency, with an array of separatist groups staging attacks, including the outlawed Balochistan Liberation Army.

Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi strongly condemned the attack and expressed deep sorrow over the children’s deaths.