Bomb targeting police chief wounds 6 in Pakistan

Officer Mohammed Zaman says Quetta Police Chief Shahid Nizam Durrani was not harmed in Tuesday's attack.

Zaman says the blast in Quetta was caused by a bomb planted on a motorcycle that was timed to explode when Durrani's vehicle passed by. Quetta is the capital of southwestern Balochistan province.

Zaman said one passer-by was killed and three others were wounded. Three police officers who were in the vehicle were also wounded.

Baloch nationalists have been waging a violent campaign against the government for years to demand greater income from gas and minerals extracted from the province.

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