Two killed in blast claimed by Islamic State in Pakistan’s Balochistan region

Two people were killed and three injured in an explosion in Pakistan’s restive southwestern Balochistan region on Tuesday, a senior police officer said.
Islamic State later claimed responsibility for the attack in a post on its Telegram channel.
The blast took place after a rally by former prime minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, senior police officer Zaka-Ul-Hassan said, hours after Khan was handed a 10-year jail sentence by a court for leaking state secrets.
Earlier, the Pakistani military said at least 15 people, including two civilians and four law enforcement agents, had been killed in a separatist militant attack late on Monday in Balochistan.
The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), the most prominent of several separatist groups operating in Balochistan, claimed responsibility for that attack.