Landmine explosion kills five in Pakistan

Five people from the same family have been killed after their car ran over a landmine in eastern Pakistan.

The region has been heavily mined to guard against any attack from India, say police.

The family ignored official warnings not to drive across mined areas of the Cholistan desert, near the Indian border.

All five people in the car, three of them women, were killed in the explosion.

Pakistani troops laid a large number of mines following the December 13 suicide attack on India's parliament.

India blames the attack on Pakistan-based Islamic militants.