Roadside bomb kills 5 in Pakistan

At least five people have been killed and three others wounded in a roadside bomb attack in Pakistan’s northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

According to Tahir Khan, a police official, the incident happened on Thursday when an improvised explosive device planted along the roadside went off as a convoy of security forces was passing an area of Mansehra district.
Khan said: “Five people, including a child and a policeman, were killed on the spot… while three policemen got injuries.”
He also added that the injured were rushed to a nearby hospital for medical treatment.
Earlier in the day, some 20 people were injured in a powerful bomb explosion in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi.
The blast hit an area near a political campaign office in Karachi’s Mehmudabad neighborhood, injuring 18 people, including women and children.
On May 7, a similar number of people were killed in separate bombing attacks targeting three candidates participating in the elections.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attacks, but police officials put the blame on Pro-Taliban militants, who have threatened to disrupt the upcoming elections in Pakistan.