Pakistan: 5 killed, several others injured in school bus attack

Following the explosion, rescue teams and law enforcement agencies reached the scene and shifted the injured to nearby hospitals. Read further on Dynamite News:

Islamabad: At least five people, including three students, were killed and several others injured when terrorists attacked a school bus in Pakistan's Khuzdar district of southwestern Balochistan province on Wednesday, an official said.

The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistani military, condemned the terrorist attack on "the innocent school-going children's bus," vowing to hunt down the "planners, abettors and executors" of the attack and bring them to justice.

Khuzdar DC Statement

Khuzdar Deputy Commissioner Yasir Iqbal Dashti said that at least five people were killed and 40 others injured, including students and staff members, after a suicide bomber detonated his explosive-laden vehicle near the school bus in zero point area of the district, media reported.

Eyewitnesses in the area told local media that the bus was completely destroyed after the powerful explosion.

Following the explosion, rescue teams and law enforcement agencies reached the scene and shifted the injured to nearby hospitals, local media reported.

Pak PM Condemns Attack

Pak Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif strongly condemned the bombing targeting the school bus.

Earlier Incident

Reaffirming the government’s commitment to eradicate Naxalism from the country by March 31, 2026, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday praised the security forces for eliminating 31 notorious red ultras in the Kurreguttalu Hills (KGH) on the Chhattisgarh-Telangana border.

On his social media handle X, Shah said the biggest anti-Naxal operation was completed in just 21 days without a single casualty in the security forces.

“Achieving a historic breakthrough in the resolve of Naxal Free Bharat security forces killed 31 notorious Naxalites in the Kurreguttalu Hills (KGH) on the Chhattisgarh-Telangana border in the biggest ever operation against Naxalism”.

“The hill on which the red terror once reigned, today the tricolour is flying proudly. Kurraguttalu Hill was the unified headquarters of big Naxal organisations like PLGA Battalion 1, DKSZC, TSC & CRC, where along with Naxal training, strategies and weapons were also developed.

“Our security forces completed this biggest anti-Naxal operation in just 21 days and I am extremely happy that there was not a single casualty in the security forces in this operation. I congratulate our CRPF, STF and DRG soldiers who faced the Naxalites with their bravery and courage even in bad weather and inaccessible mountainous area. The whole country is proud of you,” he added.

Shah said, “Under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi ji, we are determined to root out Naxalism. I once again assure the countrymen that India is sure to be Naxal-free by 31