A suicide bomber on a motorcycle In Pakistan's southwestern province of Balochistan rammed into a police truck, killing at least nine people, including a civilian, and injuring another 13.
According to the deputy commissioner of Balochistan's Kachhi district, the attack occurred in the early morning hours of Monday in the Kambri Bridge area, nearly 150 kilometres east of the provincial capital of Quetta.
According to Samiullah, the truck was carrying 21 members of the Balochistan Police service, a wing of the provincial police force. Samiullah told Aljazeera that The team was returning to Quetta from Sibi city, where they had gone over the weekend to perform security duties at a culture festival.
According to Mehmood Notezai, a senior police officer in Kachhi, the injured were taken to the Combined Military Hospital in Sibi. At least three people are in critical condition and are being treated at a hospital in Quetta. Balochistan is home to ethnic Baloch rebel groups fighting the Pakistani state for decades, accusing it of exploiting the province's rich gas and mineral resources. No armed group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
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Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemned the assault, calling it a part of "nefarious designs to create instability in the country".
Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Abdul Qudoos Bizenjo said in a statement that All such conspiracy theories will be made unsuccessful with the public's support,"
this accident came two months after another mosque bombing killed over 100 people. The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the bombing, but the militant group later denied it, blaming it on a splinter group.
The Pakistani Taliban has previously stayed away from claiming some attacks on mosques, schools, or markets, claiming they are at war with security forces rather than the Pakistani people. However, so many doubt such dismissals.
