Pakistani police said that two people were killed and eight others were injured when a bomb exploded in Khuzdar district of Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province on Tuesday.

Fahad Khosa, Chief Inspector of Khuzdar Police, told the media that a car carrying a merchant was targeted with a bomb in Khuzdar Market area on Tuesday.

He added that a large police unit arrived at the site, and an investigation was opened to find out the circumstances of the accident.

The injured were shifted to a nearby hospital.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack so far.