(18 Oct 2017) A car bomb attack struck a Pakistani police truck in the southwestern city of Quetta on Wednesday, killing at least five policemen and two civilians.
The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the car bombing, which took place in the Saryab Road area of Quetta, the provincial capital of Baluchistan.
Abdur Razzaq Cheema, the police chief in Quetta, said 24 people were also wounded, several critically.
An investigation is underway to determine whether it was a suicide bombing or whether the explosives-laden vehicle was detonated remotely when the police truck was passing by, he said, adding that the death toll could increase.
The Pakistani Taliban said the attack was a "suicide mission."
Sarfaraz Bugti, the home minister for Baluchistan, visited the site of the explosion.
In a separate attack in Quetta, a police officer was gunned down by assailants riding on a motorcycle, authorities said.
Also on Wednesday, a roadside bombing near a tribal area along the border with Afghanistan killed two troops.
Baluchistan has been the scene of a low-level insurgency by Baluch separatist groups demanding a greater share of the province's resources but Islamic militant groups also operate in the region.
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