‘Attack on School Bus Cowardness’
- On Wednesday, May 21, 2025, an explosion targeted a bus transporting Army Public School students near Khuzdar in Balochistan, resulting in multiple fatalities, including four children.
- The explosion resulted from an attack involving a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device amid Balochistan's longstanding conflict and instability.
- At least six people died, including four children and the bus driver, while approximately 38 others were injured, many critically, with victims airlifted for treatment.
- Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif denounced the incident as a heinous terrorist act and blamed India for supporting those responsible, an accusation that India has firmly denied as unfounded.
- Authorities launched a comprehensive investigation to identify the perpetrators and tightened security, highlighting ongoing risks to educational institutions in Balochistan.
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‘Attack on school bus cowardness’
Security personnel stand guard at the site of a school bus bombing in Khuzdar district of Balochistan province on May 21, 2025. — AFP Rawalpindi:Dr. Malik Abrar Hussain, Central President of the All Pakistan Private Schools and Colleges Association, has strongly condemned the suicide...
Pakistan: Six Dead, Including Four Children, in a Suicide Attack
At least six people, including four children, were killed in a suicide bombing attack on a school bus in Baluchistan, southwestern Pakistan, an attack that Islamabad attributed to India, some ten days after their worst military confrontation in decades.
In Pakistan, Six Dead in a Suicide Bombing Attack on a School Bus; Islamabad Accuses New Delhi, Who Denies Any Involvement
Pakistan's army and local authorities threatened reprisals "the affids of India," which they see behind the attack – although it was not claimed. On 10 May, Pakistan and India agreed to a ceasefire, about ten days after their worst military confrontation in decades.
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