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SW Pakistan: 4 killed in bomb explosion

SW Pakistan: 4 killed in bomb explosion

Islamabad, Nov 1 (UNI) Four people, including three schoolchildren 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 that was passing by the police vehicle also got hit by the bomb," the sources added.
The injured people, including policemen and schoolchildren, 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.
UNI/XINHUA ARN

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