Vehicles are seen burning after a bomb blast in Quetta, Pakistan, on Saturday. Photo: ReutersQuetta: A bomb exploded near a crowded market in the Pakistani city of Quetta on Saturday, killing at least 15 people, officials said, the latest attack to hit the restive southwestern province of Baluchistan. Quetta’s chief of bomb disposal squad, Aslam Tareen, said initial information was that a suicide attacker rammed a motorcycle into a military vehicle. Pakistan’s army press wing said the patrol was the target and there were at least seven civilians among the 15 killed. Separatist militants in Baluchistan have waged a campaign against the central government for decades, demanding a greater share of the gas-rich province’s resources.

Source: Mint August 12, 2017 19:52 UTC