(21 May 2021) Six people were killed and several others were wounded Friday when a powerful roadside bomb exploded near a vehicle carrying a local leader of an Islamist political party in Pakistan, police and a government spokesman said.
It was unclear who was behind the attack in Chaman, a town in the southwestern 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 rally in support of the Palestinian people.
No one claimed responsibility for the attack and police said they were still investigating.
Liaquat Shahwani, a spokesman for the provincial government in Baluchistan, tweeted a condemnation of the blast.
It came as Pakistanis across the country were gathering for anti-Israel rallies.
Pakistan is among a few countries that do not have diplomatic ties with Israel.
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