TEHRAN, Mar. 06 (MNA) – Nine policemen were killed following a suicide attack in Pakistan on Monday.

A suicide bomber rammed a motorcycle into a police truck in southwestern Pakistan on Monday, killing nine policemen, a police spokesman said.

Reuters quoted Spokesman Mehmood Khan Notizai as saying that the attack took place in Sibbi, a city some 160 km (100 miles) east of Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province.

Hospital officials said at least 7 policemen were wounded in the attack, the latest in a series targeting police personnel in Pakistan.

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