Five police officers killed in Pakistan suicide attack

    Five police officers have been killed in a suspected suicide attack in Pakistan.

    The incident took place on Airport Road in Quetta and is reported to have involved two attackers who targeted a police van. It is believed seven other officers have also been injured.

    In January this year seven people were killed on Quetta's Zarghoon Road when a suicide bomber rammed into a parked police truck, also injuring 16 people.

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