Overview

• A suicide car bomber struck an Army Public School bus in Khuzdar, Balochistan, killing four children and injuring 38 others, with several victims in critical condition.
• The bus was transporting students to a military-run school near Zero Point when it was rammed by the explosive-laden vehicle.
• No group has claimed responsibility, but suspicion has fallen on ethnic Baloch separatist groups like the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), known for targeting civilians and security forces.
• Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi condemned the attack, calling it an act of barbarism and vowing to hold the perpetrators accountable.
• This attack follows a series of escalating violence in Balochistan, including a car bombing in Qilla Abdullah days earlier that killed four people.