3 killed in blast in southwest Pakistan

August 07, 2013 20:09

A woman and two children were killed and 15 others injured when a bomb went off in a crowded market in Balochistan province of southwest Pakistan today, police said.

The bomb was detonated by remote control outside a commercial building in Mastung town. The market was crowded with people shopping ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr festival.

A 35-year-old woman, an eight-year-old boy and a 12-year-old girl were among the dead, police said. Several women and children were wounded.

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