QUETTA: A suicide car bomb attack targeting a passenger bus killed two people and wounded at least 17 in Akhtarabad ,Quetta ,on Wednesday, officials said.
"An explosive laden car which was parked along the roadside blew up as the bus passed by it, killing two people and wounding 17 people," Quetta city police chief Abdul Razzaq Cheema told AFP.
He said that the 17 injured included four policemen.
Police officials who had been escorting the bus rescued passengers from the wreckage before it caught fire, Cheema added.
He said the bus was bringing back at least 46 Shia pilgrims to Quetta from Iran.
Senior local police official Muhammad Jaffer also confirmed the incident and casualties.
Local bomb disposal chief Commander Razzaq, told AFP that the car had been blown up by somebody sitting in it.
Nobody has so far claimed responsibility for the attack
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