WP : 14 Hurt in Southwest Pakistan Bomb Blast

14 Hurt in Southwest Pakistan Bomb Blast

The Associated Press | September 10, 2006

QUETTA, Pakistan -- A bomb explosion outside a roadside restaurant wounded 14 people in a southwestern Pakistan city where the killing of a rebel tribal chief has fueled unrest, police said.

The homemade bomb exploded near a restaurant crowded with people buying breakfast in downtown Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan province, said police officer Niaz Mohammed.

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Police investigator Mohammed Maqbool said 14 people were been injured, including five children and a woman. One man was hospitalized in serious condition, Maqbool said.

Mohammed blamed rebel tribesmen for the attack but did not offer any evidence.

Baluch rebels are waging an often violent campaign for a greater share of wealth extracted from natural resources in their province, including gas and oil.

It was the second bomb explosion in three days in Baluchistan. On Friday, bomb killed five people and injured 21 near a bus station in the town of Barkhan.

Baluch tribal leader Nawab Akbar Bugti died Aug. 26 when his remote cave hide-out collapsed during a military operation in the province. Protests since his death have left several people dead, and strikes have repeatedly paralyzed the province.

The government accused Bugti, 79, of terrorism but denied targeting him.

On Thursday, Bugti's sons claimed the government had killed their father with chemical weapons.

Jamil Akbar Bugti, the chieftain's eldest son, had also demanded that international human rights groups exhume his father's body for tests to determine what caused his death.