Two children killed in bomb blast in southwest Pakistan, police say

Seven policemen were among those wounded when the remote-controlled bomb attached to a motorcycle detonated in Pishin district

A bomb blast near a police office in southwestern Pakistan has killed at least two children and injured 16 people, authorities have said.

Seven policemen were among those wounded when the remote-controlled bomb attached to a motorcycle detonated in Pishin district, a local law enforcement official told the Reuters news agency.

“Explosives were planted in a motorcycle, which was parked in the area,” police officer Mujeeb-Ur-Rehman said, adding that the two children were passing through the area when the blast occurred.

Provincial government spokesman Shahid Rind said that “terrorists are targeting innocent and sinless people to achieve their nefarious goals”, according to Pakistan daily Dawn News.

So far, no group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but Pakistan’s Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) and Bomb Disposal Squad have been deployed to the region where the attack took place, Dawn News reported.