'Indian terror proxies' attack school bus in Khuzdar; three children among 5 martyred: ISPR

'Planners, abettors and executors of cowardly Indian sponsored attack will be hunted down and brought to justice'


Our Correspondent May 21, 2025

At least five people, including three children, were martyred and several others injured on Wednesday morning when terrorists targeted a school bus with a bomb in Khuzdar district of Balochistan.

“As per initial reports, three innocent children and two adults have embraced martyrdom and multiple children have sustained injuries,” the press release by Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) stated.

“After having miserably failed in the battlefield, through these most heinous and cowardly such like acts, Indian proxies have been unleashed to spread terror and unrest in Balochistan and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa,” the ISPR said.

"Having failed in the Operation Bunnianum Masroor and being hunted by military and law enforcement agencies, these Indian terror proxies are being employed as a state tool by India to foment terrorism in Pakistan against soft targets such as innocent children and civilians," the military's media wing said.

Photo: ISPR

Photo: ISPR

Use of terrorism as a state policy by Indian political government is a horent and reflective of their low morality and disregard of basic human norms, it added.

The ISPR said that planners, abettors and executors of this cowardly Indian sponsored attack will be hunted down and brought to justice and heinous face of India will be exposed infront of the entire world.

"Pakistan Armed Forces with support of brave Pakistani nation, stand united to uproot Indian sponsored terrorism from Pakistan in its all manifestations," the statement added.

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In a statement, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif strongly condemned the terrorist attack on a school bus, which he said was sponsored by India. In a statement, he expressed deep sorrow over the deaths of innocent children and their teachers in the incident.

The prime minister extended his condolences to the families of the victims and directed authorities to promptly identify and hold those responsible accountable.

He also instructed that the injured receive immediate and priority medical treatment.

Similarly, President Asif Zardari strongly condemned the attack as a human rights violation and extended condolences to the aggreived families.

Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi also condemned the Khuzdar school bus blast and expressed deep sorrow and grief over the tragic death of children in the bus explosion near Zero Point in Khuzdar.

He extended heartfelt condolences and sympathies to the bereaved families of the children who lost their lives.

 

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