At least three children were among five people killed when a suicide bomber struck an army school bus in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province, the military said on Wednesday, in an attack Pakistan blamed on Indian proxies,
Reuters reports.
Around 40 students were on the bus that was headed to an army-run school and several have sustained injuries, said Yasir Iqbal, the administrator of Khuzdar district, where the incident took place.
Pakistan's military and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif swiftly released statements condemning the violence and accusing "Indian terror proxies" of involvement in the attack. They did not share 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's government did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Tensions between India and Pakistan remain high after they agreed a ceasefire on May 10. Diplomats have warned the truce is fragile, following the most dramatic escalation of hostilities between the nuclear-armed neighbours in decades.
