Bus bombs kills 11 females in Pakistan

 

By CNN Staff

June 15, 2013 -- Updated 1123 GMT (1923 HKT)

(CNN) -- At least 11 female university teachers and students were killed and more than 20 wounded when a bomb exploded Saturday inside a bus in southwestern Pakistan, police said.

"All the victims are women teachers and students," according to a police official, Mir Zubair Mehmood, in Quetta. The blast shattered the windows of offices and classrooms inside the school.

The bus was parked at Sardar Bahadur Khan Women's University in Quetta, he said.

The bus was run by the university, which is on the outskirts of Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility.