Bomb Targeting Police Chief Wounds 6 in Pakistan

Pakistani firefighters attempt to extinguish fires on destroyed buildings following a deadly car...

Pakistani firefighters attempt to extinguish fires on destroyed buildings following a deadly car bomb blast at a market in Peshawar on October 28, 2009. A huge car bomb ripped through a bustling market in the northwestern city of Peshawar October 28 killing at least 86 people and underscoring the scale of the extremist threat facing Pakistan. The explosion detonated in a crowded street in the Meena Bazaar just hours after US Secretary Hillary Clinton arrived in Pakistan to bolster the two countries' troubled alliance against Taliban and Al-Qaeda militants.

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Police say a bomb targeting a police chief's vehicle in southwestern Pakistan has killed one person and injured six others.

Officer Mohammed Zaman says Quetta Police Chief Shahid Nizam Durrani was not harmed in Tuesday's attack.

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Zaman says the blast in Quetta was caused by a bomb planted on a motorcycle that was timed to explode when Durrani's vehicle passed by. Quetta is the capital of southwestern Balochistan province.

Zaman said one passer-by was killed and three others were wounded. Three police officers who were in the vehicle were also wounded.

Baloch nationalists have been waging a violent campaign against the government for years to demand greater income from gas and minerals extracted from the province.

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