Nine die in attack
QUETTA: Nine people were killed and more than 35 injured on Saturday when a suicide bomber on a bicycle blew himself up near a security forces truck in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta, officials said. Two of the dead were paramilitary soldiers while seven were civilians, police said citing initial reports. The bombing took place outside district courts in Quetta where a truck was picking up soldiers who had been on a routine security patrol. A paramilitary spokesman confirmed the bombing and said that two soldiers had died and 10 others had been wounded. “Two of our soldiers were martyred in the bombing and 10 others were wounded,” a paramilitary spokesman told AFP.