5 people killed including 3 children in suicide attack on Pakistan school bus

Wednesday, May 21, 2025 - At least five people have been k!lled including three children, after a suicide car bomber struck a school bus in Pakistan.

Government officials say 38 others have been wounded in the attack on Wednesday, May 21, in the Balochistan province, in the south-west of the country.

The explosion took place in the city of Khuzdar in restive Balochistan province and targeted a school bus carrying “a large number” of children of military officials, according to Yasir Dashti, a senior government official from the province.

38 people were wounded in the attack, Dashti said.

There are fears the death toll will rise further, with several children currently in a critical condition.

“The bus was carrying Army Public School children,” said Kaleem Ullah, a police official from Khuzdar.

Mohsin Naqvi, Pakistan's interior minister, condemned the attack, describing the perpetrators as 'beasts' who deserve no leniency. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack so far.

Local deputy commissioner Yasir Iqbal said the attack took place in the district of Khuzdar as the bus was taking children to a military school.

Mr. Naqvi said those responsible had committed an act of 'sheer barbarism by targeting innocent children'.

The latest attack came days after a car bombing killed four people near a market in Qillah Abdullah, a city in Balochistan province bordering Afghanistan.