7 killed, 20 injured in Pakistan railway station bombing
Seven people were killed and 20 injured Wednesday night when a bomb
exploded in a crowded railway station tea shop in southwest Pakistan, a
government official told CNN.
Pakistan has a new prime minister
Separatist Baloch
militants are suspected in the attack, which apparently targeted ethnic
Punjabis traveling as train passengers through the Balochistan province,
government official Shahid Saleem said.
The attack took place in the town of Sibi, about 150 kilometers (95 miles) southeast of the provincial capital of Quetta.
The Balochistan province
has Pakistan's richest supplies of minerals and natural resources, but
its population ranks among some of Pakistan's poorest. For decades it
has been plagued by sectarian violence and separatist Baloch militant
groups who demand political autonomy and a greater share of profits from
the province's natural wealth.
Pakistan has a new prime minister
The Pakistani military
has responded with severe crackdowns against the separatist groups.
Human rights groups have accused the army of extrajudicial killings and
abductions during their operations in Balochistan.
Tens of thousands of
people have been killed in sectarian violence and government rebellions
in Balochistan since the province saw its first uprising in the 1970s.
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