Nine policemen were killed and at least 13 were injured in a suicide bomb attack in southwestern Pakistan today (6).

(AFP)

[Instant News/Comprehensive Report] A suicide bomb attack occurred in southwestern Pakistan today (6th), killing 9 policemen and injuring at least 13 others.

According to comprehensive foreign media reports, spokesman Mehmood Khan Notizai pointed out that the attack occurred in Sibbi, about 160 kilometers east of Quetta, the capital of Pakistan's Balochistan province.

The assailant rode a motorcycle into a police truck, killing nine policemen and injuring at least 13 others. According to preliminary evidence, the police judged that this was a suicide bomb attack.

Authorities have cordoned off the area and bomb squads are on the scene collecting evidence.

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It is the latest in a string of attacks on police in Pakistan that have not been claimed by any group, but the Balochistan guerrillas have for decades opposed the government, which it accuses of exploiting the province's rich gas and mineral resources .

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The assailant, riding a motorcycle, rammed a police truck, killing nine police officers and injuring at least 13 others.

(AFP)