Security officials confirmed on Friday that Malaika, a female student badly injured in the Khuzdar school bus attack, died during treatment. Her death raised the total number of victims to eight. Among the dead are six schoolchildren—five girls and one boy—according to security sources.
Officials called the attack an act of terrorism backed by India. They stated, “The blood of these innocent children will be avenged,” and warned, “The Indian-backed instigators would be held accountable.”
The suicide bombing took place on Wednesday morning. A suspected terrorist drove a car loaded with explosives into a school bus near Zero Point, close to Rakhshan Hotel. Khuzdar Deputy Commissioner Yasir Iqbal Dashti said the bus was taking students to the Army Public School inside the Khuzdar cantonment.
The Bomb Disposal Squad confirmed the attacker used over 30 kilograms of explosives in the blast.
The military’s media wing, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), said, “The cowardly and ghastly assault was planned and orchestrated by the terrorist state of India and carried out by its proxies in Balochistan.”
Leaders from both the civil and military government strongly condemned the attack. The United Nations Security Council also issued a strong statement against the act of terror.
The bombing has deeply shaken the area, especially due to the loss of innocent schoolchildren. Security forces are still trying to trace the handlers and those who supported the attack.
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