Suicide car bomber strikes a school bus in southwestern Pakistan, killing 4 children, officials say

Officials say that a suicide car bomber struck a school bus in southwestern Pakistan, killing at least four children and wounding 38 others. A local deputy commissioner said the attack occurred in Khuzdar, a district in Balochistan province, as the bus was transporting children to school in the city. No group immediately claimed responsibility, though suspicion is likely to fall on ethnic Baloch separatists, who frequently target security forces and civilians in the region. Balochistan has been the scene of a long-running insurgency, with an array of separatist groups staging attacks, including the outlawed Balochistan Liberation Army, designated as a terrorist organization by the United States in 2019.