Hours after Pakistan alleged Indian involvement in a bus bomb blast in Balochistan earlier in the day, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Wednesday slammed Islamabad for blaming India for all its internal issues. Five people, including three children and two adults, died, and around 38 more were injured, many of them critically, in a blast targeting a bus carrying children of Army Public School (APS) in Balochistan’s Khuzdar area on Wednesday.
“India rejects the baseless allegations made by Pakistan regarding Indian involvement with the incident in Khuzdar earlier today. India condoles the loss of lives in all such incidents,” MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said in response to media queries on the allegations made by Pakistan.
“However, in order to divert attention from its reputation as the global epicentre of terrorism and to hide its own gross failings, it has become second nature for Pakistan to blame India for all its internal issues. This attempt to hoodwink the world is doomed to fail,” Jaiswal added.
Suspected to be a planted Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast, the attack targeted an APS bus carrying dozens of school children. The blast completely destroyed the bus, raising concerns of more casualties.
According to news agency PTI, the local authorities in Khuzdar confirmed the attack, stating that the injured have been shifted to Central Military Hospital (CMH) in Khuzdar for treatment, while authorities have cordoned off the area to collect evidence from the scene.
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