Coverage dated May 20, 2025

Six killed in school bus bombing in SW Pakistan

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A suspected suicide bomber targeted a schoolbus in southwestern Pakistan killing at least four children and two adults on Wednesday, in an attack the

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  1. CNN

    Three children and two adults killed in suicide attack on school bus in Pakistan (opens CNN)

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    A suicide attack on a school bus in southwestern Pakistan killed three students of a military-run school on Wednesday, officials said, in the latest attack that underscores the deteriorating security situation in the region.

  2. Digital Journal

    Six killed in school bus bombing in SW Pakistan (opens Digital Journal)

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    A suspected suicide bomber targeted a schoolbus in southwestern Pakistan killing at least four children and two adults on Wednesday, in an attack the

  3. The Boston Globe

    A suicide car bomber strikes a school bus in southwestern Pakistan, killing 5 people (opens The Boston Globe)

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    No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack but suspicion is likely to fall on ethnic Baloch separatists, who frequently target security forces and civilians in the region.

  4. Fox News

    Suicide car bomber attacks school bus in Pakistan, killing at least 5 people (opens Fox News)

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    A suicide car bomber struck a school bus in Pakistan on Wednesday, killing five people, including at least three children, and wounding 38 others.

  5. Deutsche Welle

    Pakistan: Suicide bomber targets children's school bus – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    Authorities in Pakistan are investigating the circumstances of a suspected suicide attack that killed at least four children in the insurgency-hit Balochistan province.

  6. Seattle Times

    A suicide car bomber strikes a school bus in Pakistan, killing 5 (opens Seattle Times)

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    Officials say a suicide car bomber struck a school bus in southwestern Pakistan, killing five people, including three children.

  7. Newsweek

    Suicide bomber hits school bus, Pakistan accuses India (opens Newsweek)

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    The deadly attack took place in the Balochistan province, where there is an array of separatist groups.

  8. New York Post

    Suicide car bomber strikes a school bus in southwestern Pakistan, killing 4 children, officials say (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    A suicide car bomber struck a school bus in southwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing at least four children and wounding 38 others, a government official, the latest attack in tense Balochistan province.

  9. The Guardian

    Pakistan blames India for suspected suicide attack on school bus (opens The Guardian)

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    Four children and two adults killed in attack on bus en route to army public school in Balochistan province

  10. NBC News

    Blast targeting school bus kills four children in Pakistan’s Balochistan (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    At least four children were killed by a suicide bomber who targeted an army school bus in Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province, a government official said.

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