Suicide bombing in southwestern Pakistan kills 10 policemen

By ABDUL SATTAR
Associated Press

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani officials say a suicide bomber riding on a motorcycle targeted a police truck in the restive southwestern Baluchistan province, killing at least 10 policemen and wounding 12 officers. The bombing took place on a bridge in the district of Sibi. A local police chief says the officers were on a routine patrol when the bomber struck. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the bombing but Baluch separatists and local militants have been blamed for previous such attacks. Baluchistan has long struggled with a low-level insurgency by the Baluchistan Liberation Army and other small separatist groups demanding independence from the central government in Islamabad.