Car bomb kills 8-year-old boy, injures 9 in Pak

February 22, 2015 20:28

An eight-year-old boy was killed and nine others were injured today after a bomb planted in a car exploded in Pakistan's troubled Baluchistan province.

The bomb was planted in the car parked on a market street in Chaman town, close to the Afghan border, and was detonated by a remote control, police said. In the powerful blast, a child identified as Zabihullah was killed while nine others were injured, senior police official Habib Baluch said.

The blast also destroyed two vehicles and a motorcycle. It was not yet clear who was behind the attack. Chaman town is one of the two main crossing points for supplies for American and NATO troops fighting Taliban in Afghanistan.

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