Four killed in blast at luxury hotel

An explosion at a luxury hotel in Quetta killed at least four people and wounded 11 in southwest Pakistan last night, police said.

“An explosion has rocked the parking area of Serena hotel,” police official Nasir Malik said. The hotel is in Quetta, the capital of southwestern Balochistan province that has long been the scene of low-level insurgency. “Our officers are working to determine whether it was a bomb and what type of device it could be,” Malik said. Police sources said the explosion occurred in the parking lot.