Pakistan blast kills six, wounds 14 at pro-Palestinian rally

At least six people were killed, and 14 others were injured in a blast in Chaman on Friday afternoon, Balochistan government spokesman Liaquat Shahwani said.

Report informs, citing RIA Novosti, that according to him, the explosion occurred during a Palestine solidarity rally taken out by the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam - Nazaryati (JUI) in Chaman's Murghi Bazaar.

According to Shahwani, 10 of the injured were shifted to District Headquarters (DHQ) hospital Chaman, while the rest were taken to Quetta.

The incident comes a month after a powerful bomb exploded in the parking lot of the Serena Hotel in Quetta, killing at least five people and wounding 12 others.

There has been an uptick in violence in Balochistan, with several terrorist incidents reported last year.