QUETTA: A suicide car bomber killed at least seven people, including four police officers, in an attack near a checkpoint in the volatile southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta on Friday, officials said. Abdul Razzaq Cheema, director general of police in Baluchistan province, told Reuters it appeared the bomber had detonated a car packed with explosives. Four of those killed were police officers, while nine security officials were among the wounded, said Fareed Sumalan, a doctor at the Civil Hospital. Television footage showed emergency services rushing to the scene, which was covered in debris, while security officials cordoned off the area. Militants from the Islamic State group abducted and killed two Chinese nationals in Quetta last month.

Source: New Strait Times June 23, 2017 06:00 UTC