Pakistan suicide bomber kills schoolgirl
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) — A suicide bomber killed a schoolgirl in southwest Pakistan and wounded about a dozen other people, police said on Wednesday.
Pakistani soldier stands guard at site of destroyed Islamic school after a bomb blast near Quetta on Friday.
Pakistani soldier stands guard at site of destroyed Islamic school after a bomb blast near Quetta on Friday.
The attack took place in Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province near the Afghan border.
Khalid Masood, the superintendent of police in Quetta, said the man targeted a vehicle belonging to the Frontier Corps, a paramilitary force which uses recruits from Pakistan’s tribal areas and is overseen by Pakistani army officers.
The blast wounded about 12 to 13 people. Among them were some Frontier Corps soldiers and a group of schoolgirls who were returning home, he said.
Balochistan is a province that is rich in natural resources. Militants there have for years complained that the central government has paid little attention to them and their economic needs. They have been fighting Pakistani military forces.