QUETTA, Pakistan (AFP) — Three people were killed and eight wounded in a bomb blast at a bus stand in Pakistan's troubled southwestern province of Baluchistan on Thursday, officials said.
The device exploded in the town of Dera Murad Jamali, killing two people on the spot, while the bomber was also caught in the explosion and died of his injuries, local administration official Akbar Mujahid told AFP.
A previously unknown separatist organisation called the Baluch Republican Army claimed responsibility for the blast in a telephone call to local journalists. There was no way of verifying the claim.
Baluchistan has been in the grip of a three-year rebellion waged by ethnic Baluch rebels seeking more political rights and a greater share of profits in region's natural resources.
Hundreds of people have died in violence in the province since the insurgency flared in late 2004.
The province bordering Afghanistan has also been hit by attacks blamed on Islamist militants.
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