Suicide bomber kills five on school bus in Pakistan's Balochistan
About 40 students were on the bus, which was headed to an army-run school, and several sustained injuries, said Yasir Iqbal, administrator of Khuzdar district, where the incident took place.
Pakistan's military and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif swiftly condemned the violence and accused 'Indian terror proxies' of involvement, though they did not share any evidence linking the attack to New Delhi.
'Planners, abettors and executors of this cowardly Indian-sponsored attack will be hunted down and brought to justice,' the military's media wing said.
India rejected Pakistan's accusations.
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