Islamic State claims responsibility for Pakistan bomb attack

Soldiers and security officials guard a car after a bomb exploded next to a convoy of the deputy chairman of the Pakistan Senate, Senator Ghafoor Haideri, in Mastung, Pakistan May 12, 2017. REUTERS/Naseer Ahmed

CAIRO (Reuters) - Islamic State claimed it had carried out a deadly bomb attack next to a convoy of the deputy chairman of the Pakistan Senate on Friday in the province of Baluchistan. The group's Amaq news agency said a bomber wearing an explosive vest was responsible for the attack, which officials in Pakistan said killed at least 25 people. (Reporting by Ahmed Tolba and Arwa Gaballa; Writing by Giles Elgood, editing by Larry King)