Islamabad, June 18 (IANS) At least three people were killed and 35 injured Monday when a bomb fixed to a car exploded and hit a bus carrying university students in Pakistan's Quetta city, media reports said.
The blast took place around 8.20 a.m. when the bus carrying 52 students from the Balochistan IT University was hit by the explosion inside a small car parked near the Federal Investigation Authority building on Smangli Road, Xinhua reported.
The blast left a two-foot-deep crater on the ground, witnesses said. A motorbike and a rickshaw near the blast site were also destroyed.
Security forces and rescue teams rushed to the site immediately after the blast was reported.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
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