Six killed in school bus bombing


Heartrending aftermath: Shehbaz (centre) checking on an injured child as army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir (second from right) looks on during their visit to a hospital in Quetta. — AP

A suspected suicide bomber targeted a school bus in the southwest, killing at least four children and two adults, in an attack the government accused India of backing.

The bus driver and his assistant were among those killed in the attack on Wednesday in Khuzdar district of Balochistan province, on the way to a school that caters to the children of army personnel and civilians living in the area.

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