4 killed as violence persists in Pakistan

[Viva_La_Revolution]

Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- Explosions in western Pakistan killed four people Sunday, including a young boy, authorities said.

A blast in Pakistan's volatile Balochistan province left three members of the country's security forces dead, and two more wounded, military and police officials said. The victims were part of a convoy escorting civilians through the Zain Koh area of Dera Bugti, said Ghulam Muhammad Baloch, a police official.

The Dera Bugti attack came just two days after an explosion outside the home of a former lawmaker in the provincial capital of Quetta killed 13 people.

Also Sunday, a 7-year-old boy died in a roadside bombing in Pakistan's tribal Bajaur agency, said Islam Zeb, a government official. Three others were wounded in that attack.

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[Robb]

1. And two schoolchildren killed by a bomb in Khyber yesterday.

Dozens of kids maimed. Target was an anti-Taliban politician.

Edited to add: Here's a round-up from that province. Och. http://pakobserver.net/detailnews.asp?id=132965