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Soldiers examine the site of the suicide attack at a market in Mingora, the capital of Swat valley yesterday. Eight shops were badly damaged in the blast, the first since a suicide attacker killed nine people on February 22. Image Credit: AFP

Quetta, Pakistan: Police say a roadside bomb has exploded near a police vehicle in southwestern Pakistan, wounding 7 people.

Police official Ghulam Nabi says Saturday's attack happened in the city of Quetta, and it wounded four officers and three civilians.

No one claimed responsibility, but authorities have blamed ethnic Baluch and nationalists for such previous attacks.

Quetta is the capital of Baluchistan province, where nationalists have waged a slow-scale insurgency for years to demand more autonomy and a greater share of income from the area's natural resources.