Nine killed in multiple bombings in Pakistan

A roadside bomb has struck a vehicle carrying a local politician and his friends in southwestern Pakistan, killing him and six others. In another bombing, two people were killed in the country’s northwest.

The attack that killed seven on Monday happened in Kech, a town in Balochistan province, local police officer Haider Ali said.

The slain politician, Ishaq Yaqub, was from the Balochistan Awami Party and it was unclear who was behind the attack, said Ali.

For years, Balochistan has been the scene of a low-level rebellion by small separatist groups and nationalists who complain of discrimination, and demand a fairer share of their province’s resources and wealth.

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