An attacker detonated a suicide bomber in a shrine in southwestern Pakistan on Thursday, killing 18 people and wounding more than 30 others, local security officials reported.
The suicide bombing was the latest tribal attack that took place in Baluchistan province.
Muslim minority groups in the province have been attacked several times by militant groups, including ISIS, who claimed responsibility for attacks.
Police have secured the bomber at the entrance to the Sufi mosque, which was among those killed.
Baluchistan's Interior Minister Sarfraz Bugti told Reuters that the police heroic action against the bomber had prevented more casualties.
Local government official Ahmed Aziz Tarrar said 16 people were killed and 30 wounded in the blast.
"We have received 16 bodies at regional hospitals and many were injured, some of them injured are being transferred to other medical facilities," district health official Rukhsani Magsi said.
Through its controlled news agency, Amaq, the ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack.
The Sufi mosque in the Jhal Magsi district is filled with pilgrims mourning the death of a local spiritual leader.
Such events raised concerns about the security of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor project, worth 57 billion US dollars (US).
The corridor is a transportation and energy route, planned to connect western China and the Gwadar harbor in Baluchistan.
Baluchistan province has been experiencing violence in its two frontline areas within ten years.
Like the Taliban and other Sunni Islamist groups, Baluchistan rebels launched attacks against targets related to the government.
In November 2016 a suicide bomber killed 52 people and wounded more than 100 others in the Sufi mosque of Baluchistan. The attack was declared ISIS done his side.
ISIS claimed to attack a Sufi worship place in the southern province of Sindh to the death of 83 people in February 2017
