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Suicide Bombing in Southwestern Pakistan Kills 9 Policemen

A police officer stands inside cordoned-off area after a suicide car bombing in Islamabad, Pakistan December 23, 2022. REUTERS/Waseem Khan

A suicide bomber riding on a motorcycle rammed into a police truck in Pakistan's restive southwest, killing at least nine policemen and wounding seven, officials said.

No one immediately claimed responsibility for the bombing, which took place on a bridge in the district of Sibi in Baluchistan province, but Baluch separatists and local militants have been blamed for previous such attacks, The Associated Press reported.

Mahmood Notenzai, a local police chief, said the officers were on a routine patrol when the attack happened. The casualties have been taken to a nearby hospital, he added. Sibi is located about 150 kilometers east of Quetta, the provincial capital.

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