Three dead in Quetta checkpoint attack
Some of the wounded are in critical condition
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Asuicide bomber detonated his explosives yesterday near a security checkpoint in restive southwestern Pakistan, killing at least three paramilitary troops and wounding 15 others, police said.
Senior police officer Azhar Akram said the attacker had walked toward the checkpoint manned by the paramilitary Frontier Corps on Quetta-Mastung Road, some 25 kilometers south of Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province. He said body parts were found at a distance from the security post after the bombing.
Akram said some of the wounded were in critical condition and the toll could rise.
No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack but Baloch separatist groups have claimed similar assaults on security forces. Balochistan, bordering Iran and Afghanistan, is a key province in southwest Pakistan, where China has been working on projects related to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. The projects, including road construction, power plants and agricultural development, have cost billions of dollars.