Suicide bombing at southwest Pakistan checkpoint kills 3
QUETTA, Pakistan – A suicide bomber detonated his explosives Sunday 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 15 miles south of Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan 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 death toll could rise.
Banned militant group Tehreek-etaliban Pakistan, also known as the Pakistani Taliban, claimed responsibility for the morning attack.