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| Pakistan bus blast kills 11 in Quetta | Pakistan bus blast kills 11 in Quetta |
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| A bomb explosion on a bus in the Pakistani city of Quetta has killed at least 11 people and wounded a further 22, police say. | A bomb explosion on a bus in the Pakistani city of Quetta has killed at least 11 people and wounded a further 22, police say. |
| A senior police official in the western city told the BBC the device was planted on the roof of the vehicle. | A senior police official in the western city told the BBC the device was planted on the roof of the vehicle. |
| The blast comes at a time of relatively diminished violence in Pakistan. No-one has said they carried out the attack. | |
| Balochistan province suffers from separatist, sectarian and Islamist insurgencies. | Balochistan province suffers from separatist, sectarian and Islamist insurgencies. |
| There is a heightened alert against sectarian attacks in the region, as it is the Shia month of mourning. | There is a heightened alert against sectarian attacks in the region, as it is the Shia month of mourning. |
| Reports suggested the passenger bus was carrying workers from the centre of Quetta to their homes in the suburbs at the end of the working day. | Reports suggested the passenger bus was carrying workers from the centre of Quetta to their homes in the suburbs at the end of the working day. |
| "This is a cowardly act that has targeted innocent people," the provincial Interior Minister Sarfaraz Ahmed Bugti told Reuters news agency. | "This is a cowardly act that has targeted innocent people," the provincial Interior Minister Sarfaraz Ahmed Bugti told Reuters news agency. |
| "We are fighting against terrorism here. And we will keep fighting until the last terrorist is killed." | "We are fighting against terrorism here. And we will keep fighting until the last terrorist is killed." |