Roadside bomb kills six, wounds four in southwest Pakistan

QUETTA, Pakistan: Six paramilitary soldiers were killed and four wounded in Pakistan’s restive southwestern province of Balochistan in a roadside bomb attack on their vehicle, officials said early Tuesday.

The incident happened in the hilly areas of Bolan district, some 80 kilometres southeast of the provincial capital Quetta late on Monday.

“Six Frontier Corps personnel were killed in a roadside bomb blast while four others received injuries and have been sent to hospital,” Deputy Commissioner Bolan Murad Kasi told AFP.

No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.