TV journalist killed in targeted attack in southern Pakistan

Baloch separatist group claims responsibility for attack on the journalist’s vehicle using a magnetic explosive device.

Islamabad, Pakistan – A journalist has been killed in a targeted attack in the southern Pakistani town of Hub, police officials say, with the ethnic separatist Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claiming responsibility for the attack in a statement.

Shahid Zehri was killed while driving in his vehicle in the town of Hub, about 20km (12 miles) west of Pakistan’s largest city of Karachi, on Sunday evening, police say.

“Last night at 7:52pm, Shahid Zehri was targeted on a main road in the city of Hub,” said Younus Raza, a senior police official.