Islamabad, SANA-A child was killed and nine others injured in an armed attack targeting a police station in Balochistan province, southwest Pakistan.

The Associated Press quoted Pakistani authorities as saying that gunmen attacked a police station in the city of Mastung, set fire to two banks, and opened fire indiscriminately on civilians, killing a child and wounding nine others.

An exchange of fire took place between the gunmen and Pakistani police forces during the response to the attack, during which several gunmen were killed.

Nawal /Manar Salameh