Separatist Group Claims Suicide Bombing in Southwest Pakistan, 1 Police Killed, 5 Wounded
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A suicide bomber struck in southwestern Pakistan on Saturday, killing at least one police and wounding five others in an attempt to target a paramilitary convoy, an official said.
Authorities recovered the remains of a female bomber following the explosion in the southwestern city of Turbat, said Bashir Ahmed, a top administrative officer, AP reported.
Jeeyand Baloch, spokesman for the separatist Baluch Liberation Army, later claimed responsibility for the attack.
Ahmed said the bomber had targeted a convoy of the paramilitary Frontier Corps but the main thrust of the blast hit a police vehicle. He said a Frontier Corps vehicle was slightly damaged and a female police officer was among the wounded.
Southwestern Baluchistan province has been the scene of a low level insurgency by Baluch separatists under the umbrella group of the Baluchistan Nationalist Army.
