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A local Pakistani journalist was killed in an overnight attack when a roadside bomb went off near his car in the country’s southwest, police said Monday. Shahid Zehri, 35, was travelling in his car when the bomb exploded in the town of Hub in the Baluchistan province on Sunday, according to Shafiq Mengal, a local police officer. Mengal said the attack apparently targeted Zehri, but officers are still investigating. Zehri worked for a regionalMetro 1 News TV news channel. Hours after the blast, the Baluch Liberation Army separatist group claimed responsibility. Baluchistan is the scene of a lon…