Tea stall bomb blast kills five in Pakistan

A bomb ripped through a roadside tea stall in south-western Pakistan today, killing five people and wounding 17.

The explosion occurred in a busy street in the Saryab Road neighbourhood of Quetta, the capital of south-western Baluchistan province, said city police official Qazi Abdul Wahid. The bomb was hidden in a black plastic shopping bag at the small tea shop, he said.