3 Pak Paramilitary Guards Killed In Suicide Blast Near Afghan Border

The bomber targeted Frontier Constabulary guards in the Mian Ghundi neighbourhood of the city -- close to the Afghanistan border -- where Hazara Shiite merchants were trading vegetables.

At least three paramilitary guards were killed Sunday when a suicide bomber on a motorbike blew himself up in Quetta, southwestern Pakistan, police said. The bomber targeted Frontier Constabulary guards in the Mian Ghundi neighbourhood of the city -- close to the Afghanistan border -- where Hazara Shiite merchants were trading vegetables. Azhar Akram, a deputy inspector general of police, told AFP that 20 people were injured in the blast, including civilians. A spokesman for the police's Counter-Terrorism Department confirmed the toll.