Islamic State claims Pakistan bombing that killed 5 troops

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — The Islamic State group has claimed an attack on a security convoy in southwestern Pakistan earlier in the day that killed at least five soldiers. Police say the roadside bomb exploded near the convoy on Tuesday. The U.S.-based SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors militant messaging, says the claim of responsibility cites an IS suicide bomber as carrying out the attack in southwester Baluchistan province. It was the second in less than a week claimed by the IS regional affiliate known as Islamic State in Khorasan Province. The group is headquartered in neighboring Afghanistan. An IS suicide bomber killed 63 Shiite worshippers and wounded nearly 200 in northwestern Pakistan on Friday.