Pakistan has blamed “Indian terror proxies” for an attack on a school bus in southwestern Balochistan province Wednesday which killed at least six people — three of them children. India has rejected any involvement in the attack, which comes at a time of heightened tensions between the two neighbors. Just days earlier, a car bomb killed four more people in Balochistan. The region has seen years of bloody conflict between the Pakistani government and Baloch separatists. The father of three boys killed in Wednesday’s school bus attack implored warring parties to halt the deadly attacks.

Ying: “For God’s sake, we are neither terrorists, nor do we like terrorism. We are peace-loving people. For God’s sake, forgive our children. We have left our region and homeland for you. What else can we do? You have targeted my innocent children, for God’s sake. We have no other way. Have mercy on our situation.”