Motorcycle bomb injures seven in Quetta

(6 Feb 2010) 1. Wide of police and onlookers at blast scene with damaged motorbike in foreground 2. Various of damaged motorbike 3. Bloodstain on ground 4. Ambulances leaving scene 5. Shoe on ground 6. SOUNDBITE (Pashto) Syed Muhammad Ali Khan, eyewitness: "I saw one motorbike was standing in which a bomb was planted. All of sudden the blast happened in which my one car was damaged and my three relatives were injured. A hotel window was also broken and a few people were also injured inside the hotel." 7. Wide exterior of Quetta civil hospital 8. Pan of emergency ward 9. Various of doctors treating injured man 10. Doctor talking to injured man 11. Close-up of injured man with head bandage and blood-stained shirt STORYLINE: A bomb attached to a motorcycle went off as a security convoy passed through a busy area in Pakistan''s southwestern city of Quetta in Baluchistan province on Saturday, wounding seven civilians, a police official said. No one claimed responsibility, but authorities have blamed Baluch nationalists for previous attacks aimed at security forces. Nationalists in the impoverished southwestern province have waged a violent campaign for years to demand more autonomy and a greater share of income from the area''s natural resources for its residents. Also on Saturday, thousands of minority Shiite Muslims attended a funeral for those killed in a pair of bombings in Pakistan''s largest city, Karachi. At least 33 people died and 170 others were wounded on Friday when suspected Sunni militants targeted a bus carrying Shiite worshippers and then attacked a major hospital treating victims of the first bomb, said a government spokesperson. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...