Police and local officials say a suicide attacker on a motorcycle struck a truck carrying police personnel in the southwestern city of Sibi on March 6, killing nine policemen. Sibi district police chief Yusuf Karim Bhangar said the attack occurred on the Kambri Bridge on the Quetta-Sibi highway. Ali Shah Abbasi, the district's administrative head, told reporters at a local hospital that nine police officers were killed. Some media have reported that around a dozen more were injured. The Islamic State (IS) group later claimed responsibility for the attack, the latest amid a surge in violence. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal, click here.
At Least Nine Killed In Southwest Pakistan Suicide Attack
The aftermath of the deadly suicide bombing in southwestern Pakistan on March 6.