8 killed as blast hits election office in SW Pakistan

STORY: 8 killed as blast hits election office in SW Pakistan SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 7, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 7, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:27 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the blast site STORYLINE: At least eight people were killed and several others injured when a blast went off in Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province on Wednesday, police and government officials said. The blast took place near an election office of a political leader in Pishin district of the province, Deputy Commissioner Pishin Juma Dad Khan Mandukhel told local media. Following the blast, rescue teams, police and security forces reached the site and shifted the injured to a nearby hospital. The nature of the blast was not known yet. No group has claimed the attack yet. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Islamabad. (XHTV)