Islamabad, March 15 : Two people were killed and eight others injured when a bomb went off in Khuzdar district of Pakistan's Balochistan province, the police said on Wednesday.

A vehicle carrying a trader was targeted by explosives in the market area of Khuzdar on Tuesday, Fahad Khosa, Senior Superintendent of Khuzdar police, told media.

 He added that a heavy contingent of police had reached the site, and an investigation into the incident was underway.

 The injured people were shifted to a nearby hospital.

 No group has claimed the attack yet.