Blast targeting school bus kills four children in Pakistan's Balochistan, government official says
QUETTA, Pakistan, May 21 (Reuters) - Four children were killed in a blast targeting a school bus in Pakistan's troubled Balochistan province, a government official said on Wednesday.
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