Police say the bomb was set off by remote control and many people were seriously injured
A roadside bomb attack on a Pakistani military vehicle has killed at least three soldiers and a civilian in the city of Quetta, officials say.
They say that the remote-controlled bomb exploded near a security vehicle escorting schoolchildren.
No group has so far claimed responsibility for the attack.
Quetta is the capital of the south-western province of Balochistan, where a separatist insurgency is being waged by ethnic Baloch militants.
They are demanding more autonomy and a greater share of natural resources.
Pakistan’s military is also engaged in a long-running battle against militants in the tribal areas near the Afghan border, including the Taliban and armed groups who support them.
Scores of people have been killed in the province as a result of these two conflicts and because of sectarian violence mostly carried out by hardline Sunni Muslims on members of the minority Shia community.
“The target [of Wednesday's bomb] was an army vehicle which was escorting a school bus carrying children of local army officers from different schools,” Quetta city police chief Hamid Shakeel told AFP news agency.
He said the soldiers and a woman were killed when the bomb was detonated by remote control.
“Twenty-one people were wounded in the blast, including three soldiers. Eighteen are civilians. Six or seven of them are in a serious condition,” Mr Shakeel said.
“It was a remote-controlled bomb. The device was planted on a motorbike. It exploded soon after the army vehicle came there.”
Quetta bomb kills Pakistan troops
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