Pakistan blast kills female students
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At least 11 students and have been killed 22 wounded in a blast on a bus at a university for women in the north-western Pakistani city of Quetta.
"It was an improvised explosive device placed in the women university bus," police chief Zubair Mahmood said.
Quetta is the capital of Balochistan province, which has seen a surge in militant violence in recent months.
Some attacks are carried out by separatists and others by Islamists who oppose women's education.
In the latest, the students were about to go home when a bomb, apparently planted on their university bus, exploded.
Hospital sources say some of the wounded are in critical condition.
Last month the Taliban killed at least 11 people in an attack on security forces in Quetta.
Source http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22919001
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