8 people killed, 29 injured in Baluchistan blast

KABUL (Pajhwok): Eight people, including five children, were killed and 29 others were injured in a bomb blast in Pakistan's Baluchistan province on Friday, a media report said.

The explosion occurred near the school in Mastung district as a van carrying schoolchildren and a police vehicle passed through the area, a report in the tribune.com.pk said.

Baluchistan's Health Minister Bakht Mohammad Kakar and Health Secretary Mujeeb ur Rahman declared a state of emergency at Civil Hospital, BMC Hospital, and the Trauma Centre in Quetta to treat the victims.

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