Tuesday, 30 Jun, 2009
QUETTA: A bomb blast killed at least four people and wounded five others Tuesday near a hotel in Balochistan province’s Kalat district.
The blast occurred on the main highway linking Quetta to Karachi.
‘Four people were killed and five others were injured,’ Kalat police chief Nazir Kurd told AFP.
According to initial reports and witnesses, the bomb exploded near a hotel along the highway when a white Suzuki car pulled up, Nazir said.
‘It is not clear whether the bomb was planted in the car or on the roadside,’ he said.
Police suspect the target was trucks carrying supplies for Nato forces in Afghanistan.
‘Some trucks carrying Nato supplies were also stopping over at the hotel for tea or lunch and we suspect that the bomb was targeted at them. However, no damage was caused to any truck,’ the police official said.
Among the dead were the hotel owner and the driver of a small truck, he said.
No group claimed immediate responsibility for the incident.
Nato and US-led forces in landlocked Afghanistan are hugely dependent on Pakistan for supplies and equipment, about 80 per cent of which is transported through the troubled country.
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