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International Desk: Nine soldiers have been killed and several injured in a suicide attack in southwest Pakistan’s Balochistan province.
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The forces were travelling on a bus in Kachhi district of Balochistan province when the vehicle exploded, Al jazeera reports.
Ijaz Ahmad, spokesman for the local police on Monday said at least nine soldiers of the paramilitary Balochistan Constabulary were killed in the blast.
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Another police spokesman Mehmood Khan Notizai told the suicide bomber riding a motorcycle hit the truck from behind.
The soldiers were returning from a local week-long cattle show where they had been providing security, officials said.
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Hospital officials said at least seven policemen were injured in the attack, the latest in a series targeting security personnel in Pakistan.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack. Investigators are looking into the nature of the explosion.
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