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QUETTA (Pakistan) - ONE civilian was killed and eight people were injured when a bomb planted on a motorcycle exploded Thursday near a security forces vehicle in remote southwest Pakistan, officials said.
The explosion occurred in the town of Khuzdar, some 320 kilometres south of Quetta, the capital of restive Baluchistan province, as a vehicle carrying paramilitary soldiers passed by, a security official said.
'One civilian was killed and eight people including a paramilitary soldier were injured in the attack,' said Dr Ali Murad, a doctor at the district hospital.
The motorcycle was parked on the roadside, local officials said. The device was detonated by remote control when the security forces vehicle approached.
Hundreds of people have died in violence in Baluchistan since an insurgency flared in late 2004, with rebels demanding political autonomy and a greater share of profits from the region's natural resources.
The province, which borders Afghanistan and Iran, has also been hit by attacks blamed on Taliban militants and sectarian extremists.
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