In Pakistan, three policemen were killed and 16 others injured in a bomb explosion in the southwestern Balochistan province today. The condition of two injured policemen is stated to be critical. The incident took place near the Kund Masuri area of Mastung district, where a police bus carrying personnel from a training centre in Kalat district was hit by an IED. The police party belonged to the Balochistan Constabulary and was deployed for the security of a sit-in protest. Authorities have launched an investigation. No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack. Pakistan’s largest yet least populated province, Balochistan, has witnessed sporadic incidents of violence in recent years, with attacks often targeting security personnel and attributed to separatist and extremist groups.