Overview

• A suicide car bomber struck a military-run school bus in Khuzdar, Balochistan, killing six people, including three children, and injuring 38 others.
• The attack targeted students of the Army Public School, with several victims in critical condition, raising fears of a higher death toll.
• No group has taken responsibility, but suspicion has fallen on the Balochistan Liberation Army, a separatist group active in the region.
• Pakistan’s military and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif accused India of orchestrating the attack through proxies, although no evidence has been provided, and India has denied the allegations.
• The bombing underscores the intensifying violence in Balochistan, a province plagued by a long-running insurgency and recent high-profile attacks on civilians and security forces.