"An improvised explosive device went off as Zehri..."Quetta, Pakistan (ANTARA News/AFP) - A roadside bomb struck an election convoy of Pakistan`s main opposition party on Tuesday, killing four people, police and officials said, the third deadly attack on political targets in as many days.
Sanaullah Zehri, the head of the Pakistan Muslim League-N in southwestern Baluchistan province, was on the campaign trail for the May 11 general election when the blast hit his convoy in Khuzdar district, 350 kilometres (220 miles) south of provincial capital Quetta.
Zehri survived the attack but his son, brother, nephew and their guard were all killed, officials said.
"An improvised explosive device went off as Zehri, leading a convoy of more than 20 vehicles, left his home to campaign in Khuzdar," provincial home secretary Akbar Durrani told AFP. Local police confirmed the attack.
Bloodshed has already marred campaigning for Pakistan`s historic general election, which should mark the first time a democratically elected government hands over to another after completing its five-year term.
On Monday gunmen killed two election campaigners for an independent candidate running in the lawless northwestern tribal regions, a day after a roadside bomb in the Swat valley killed a local leader of the Awami National Party (ANP).
The ANP ruled the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province from 2008 until assemblies were dissolved last month for elections.
The Pakistani Taliban have assassinated a number of senior ANP figures in recent years and have threatened to attack secular parties running in next month`s polls.
(U.H-RN)
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