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Bomb attack near Pakistani political rally kills 5

Posted: 07/13/12 at 5:00 am
Tags: Pakistan   bomb   political rally  

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) -- Officials say a bomb has exploded near a political rally in southwest Pakistan, killing at least five people.

Police officer Mohammed Arif says Friday's explosion in Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan province, also wounded 11 people.

A doctor at the city's main hospital, Mohammed Jafar, says most of the victims were attending the rally by the Awami National Party.

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