This attack is the latest in the ongoing tensions in Pakistan’s Balochistan province.
Pakistan Terror Attack: Suicide car bomber hits school bus killing 4 children, latest news:
In an attack reminiscent of 2019 Pulwama attack, a suicide car bomber struck a school bus in southwestern Pakistan on Wednesday morning, killing at least four children and wounding 38 others, the Associated Press (AP) reported, citing officials.
However, according to a report by Dawn News updated around 11:40 a.m., three children and two adults were killed in the attack. The report cited the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) of Pakistan.
As per the report, a probe is underway, and preliminary findings indicate that the attack was a suicide blast.
This attack is the latest in the ongoing tensions in Pakistan’s Balochistan province.
According to the report, a local deputy commissioner, Yasir Iqbal, stated that the school bus was attacked in the Khuzdar district while it was on its way to a military-run school in the city with children on board.
As of now, no group has claimed responsibility for the attack; however, it is suspected that ethnic Baloch separatists could be behind it.
The Balochistan Liberation Army has been continuously carrying out attacks in the region, and the group was designated a terrorist organization by the United States in 2019.
The attack on the Army Public School bus on Wednesday morning comes just days after a car bombing near a market in Qillah Abdullah, also in Balochistan, which killed four people, according to an Associated Press (AP) report.
There have been several such attacks in Pakistan’s Balochistan region. One of the deadliest occurred in March, when a train carrying about 400 passengers was hijacked by BLA insurgents, resulting in the deaths of 33 people, mostly soldiers.
According to a report by Associated Press (AP), earlier this week the BLA vowed to carry out more attacks on the “Pakistani army and its collaborators,” stating that its goal is to “lay the foundation for a peaceful, prosperous, and independent Balochistan.”
The report also noted that during the recent tensions between India and Pakistan, the BLA had appealed to India for support—an unusual move by the group. However, the report added that there was no immediate response from India to the appeal.
It also highlighted that attacks targeting children in Balochistan are rare. However, the deadliest attack on school children in Pakistan occurred in 2014 in the northwest, when the Pakistani Taliban stormed the Army Public School in Peshawar, killing 154 people, mostly children.
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