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, killing at least nine and injuring 13. The attacker, believed to be a suicide bomber riding a motorcycle, rammed into the police van on the Kambri bridge in the area between Sibi and Kachhi districts. A newly formed group, Tehreek Jihad Pakistan, claimed responsibility for the attack. https://www.dawn.com/news/1740852 The injured were transported to Sibi Civil Hospital.

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squads and security personnel arrived at the site, closing the area off and beginning a search operation. The Balochistan Information Department issued a statement saying that injured officers had been transported to

from Bolan via a government helicopter.

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