(ROUGH CUT- NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />A roadside bomb exploded in Pakistan's restive south-western city of Quetta on Tuesday (May 1), killing at least two people and wounding nearly eight others, local media reported.<br/> <br />Media sources, citing police officials, said a vehicle of Frontier Constabulary (FC) was the target and the bomb was either planted by the road or on a vehicle, and that it was apparently detonated by a remotely controlled device.<br/> <br />Two vehicles were badly damaged and four rickshaws caught fire following the blast.<br/> <br />Rescue teams reached the spot and law enforcement agencies cordoned off the area launching search operation.<br/> <br />The bodies were yet being identified at the hospital.<br/> <br />No-one claimed responsibility for the attack.<br/> <br />Baluch militants have been waging a low-level insurgency for decades for more autonomy and control over the natural resources of their impoverished region.<br/> <br />The activists often target government installations, security forces, gas pipelines, railway tracks and electricity pylons.<br/> <br />Islamist militants linked to al Qaeda and Taliban are also active in the strategic region that borders Afghanistan and Iran
