QUETTA, Pakistan — A bombing at a crowded bazaar in southwestern Pakistan on Sunday killed a minimum of 5 individuals and wounded 16, authorities stated amid a surge in violence on this South Asian nation.

Nobody instantly claimed accountability for the assault in Barkhan, about 600 kilometers (360 miles) northeast of Quetta, the provincial capital.

Sajjad Afzal, the native police chief, stated the bomb was apparently rigged to a motorbike and was detonated by distant management. Aside from inflicting casualties, the bombing additionally left a number of outlets on the market badly broken. Rescuers took the wounded to hospital, Afzal stated.

Baluchistan has lengthy struggled with a low-level insurgency by the Baluchistan Liberation Military and different small separatist teams demanding independence from the central authorities in Islamabad.

Authorities declare to have quelled the insurgency however violence has continued. The restive province has seen assaults by each the Pakistani Taliban and the Islamic State group.

Abdul Qudoos Bizenjo, the chief minister of Baluchistan, condemned the bombing, describing it as a terrorist assault.

“Terrorists are attempting to create uncertainty by means of such assaults to attain their nefarious targets, however we won’t permit these anti-state parts to succeed, “ he stated with out particularly blaming anybody.