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KARACHI: Three people, including a senior
journalist
, were killed and eight others injured in a
bomb
blast that targeted his vehicle in
Pakistan
‘s restive
Balochistan
province on Friday, police said.
A remote-controlled bomb was planted near
Chomrok Chowk
on the outskirts of Khuzdar town and when Maulana Mengal, journalist and also president of Khuzdar Press Club, reached the spot, the bomb was set off, a senior police official said.
“Maulana and two passersby were killed, while eight others were injured,” he said.
Mengal was also a provincial officer-bearer of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) party.
A police official said it is still too early to say whether Mengal was targeted because of his media work or his work in JUI-F.
