A suspected suicide attack targeted a paramilitary convoy in southwestern Pakistan on Sunday, killing at least five people, including three Frontier Corps troops, and wounding more than 43 others, military and police officials said.
A suicide bomber carrying a vehicle rammed a car packed with explosives into a Frontier Corps convoy in Nushki, a remote area in Balochistan province, which shares borders with Afghanistan and Iran, the report said. KosovaPress.
Nushki police chief Hashim Momand confirmed that more than 30 paramilitary personnel were among the injured.
In a subsequent security operation, three suspected terrorists were killed, the army added. Security forces suspect the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), a separatist group, is behind the latest bombings.
The attack comes just days after heavily armed BLA militants hijacked a passenger train in the Bolan region of Balochistan, killing 26 passengers and five troops. The Pakistani army later killed 33 suspected militants in a day-long counter-terrorism operation.
Officials fear the death toll could rise, as some of the injured remain in critical condition at the Nushki civil hospital.
Pakistan has witnessed a resurgence of violence in recent months, particularly in the provinces of Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. In a separate incident overnight, two policemen and a private security guard were killed in targeted attacks in the Karak and Peshawar districts, police confirmed.
Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), a coalition of militant networks operating in Pakistan, claimed responsibility for the attacks, AA reports.
