A roadside bomb struck an election convoy of Pakistan Muslim League-N party on Tuesday, killing four people, police and officials said. Sanaullah Zehri, President of the Pakistan Muslim League-N in Balochistan, 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.
"Zehri survived as his car had already passed when the device detonated." A local police official confirmed the attack, saying that at least four other vehicles in the convoy were damaged. No one has immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. Zehri survived a murder attempt two years ago that was claimed by the rebel Baloch Liberation Front.