Bomb targeting Islamist leader's car kills 7 in Pakistan
Source: AP
By ABDUL SATTAR
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A powerful roadside bomb that went off on Friday near a vehicle carrying a local leader of an Islamist political party in southwestern Pakistan killed seven people, police and a government spokesman said.
It was unclear who was behind the attack in Chaman, a town in Baluchistan province.
Local police chief Abdul Bashir said the attack took place when Abdul Qadir, a local leader of a faction of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam party, was on his way to attend a pro-Palestinian rally. Along with the seven killed, at least 15 people were wounded, he said.
No one claimed responsibility for the attack and police said they were still investigating. Liaquat Shahwani, a Baluchistan government spokesman, condemned the bombing.
Local residents examine damage of vehicles at the site of a bomb blast in Chaman, southwestern Pakistan, Friday, May 21, 2021. A powerful roadside bomb went off near a vehicle carrying a local leader of an Islamist political party in Pakistan's southwestern border town of Chaman on Friday, killing multiple people and wounding several others, police and a government spokesman said. (AP Photo/Jan Achakzai)
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