School bus hits, kill 5 in Pakistan

A bomb crashed into a bus carrying children to schools managed with soldiers in Southwest Pakistan on Wednesday and killed five people, including three children.

Other dozens were injured in the incident.

A local official told reporters that the explosion targeted vehicles in the city of Khuzdar, in Rily Balochistan Province, for bringing students to class.

Three children and two adults are among the dead, the army statement said.

Health officials are worried that the death toll will increase, because many of the 38 injured children are in critical condition.

Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), a rebel group that fought for territorial independence from Pakistan, claimed that they were targeting buses, but said they were carrying soldiers.

Violence designed by sub-nationalist rebels has jumped in Balochistan, an area bordering Afghanistan and Iran, and is a Chinese investment center and connectivity projects.

Many people were killed in March when the BLA militant hijacked a bus that brought their soldiers and families during the Idul Fitri Muslim holiday.

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