At least six killed in school bus blast in Pakistan’s Balochistan

At least six killed in school bus blast in Pakistan’s Balochistan

At least six killed and dozens wounded in a blast targeting a school bus in Khuzdar, Balochistan, officials say.

A blast hit a school bus in Pakistan’s southwest Balochistan province [Handout/Khuzdar District Administration]

Published On 21 May 202521 May 2025

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3 hours agoAt least six people have been killed in a blast targeting a school bus in the Khuzdar district of Pakistan’s southwest Balochistan province, an official said.

Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti said four children, the bus driver and his assistant were killed in the attack on Wednesday.

Yasir Iqbal Dashti, a government official in Khuzdar, said at least 38 people were wounded.

tacked,” he told Al Jazeera.

Bugti told a news conference in Quetta that 46 students were on the school bus that was hit by a “vehicle-borne Improvised Explosive Device (IED) attack” according to initial investigations.