Bomb blast in Quetta, Balochistan kills one, injures many
Dated 29/10/2006
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A bicycle bomb exploded outside a police barracks in Pakistan's southwestern city of Quetta on Saturday, killing at least one person and wounding a dozen, security and hospital officials said.
Deputy administrator of the capital of the gas rich but violence-racked Baluchistan province, Manzoor Kakar, said the bomb had been planted in a bicycle.
Doctors at the state run hospital where the wounded were taken said two of the casualties were in a critical condition.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but authorities have blamed previous similar attacks on rebels fighting for more autonomy and more of the profits from Baluchistan's resources.
Nationalist Baluch rebels have waged a low-key insurgency for decades but in the past year have stepped up attacks on infrastructure, including gas pipelines, and security posts.
Police in Quetta also mounted a crackdown against suspected Taliban in recent months amid complaints from Afghanistan, the United States and NATO powers that militants were attacking across the frontier from the safety of Pakistan's borderlands.
