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30 52 killed, 70 102 injured in Pak shrine blast
Update at the rollover:
At least 52 killed, 102 injured in blast at Khuzdar shrine
Note: This article is being updated as information comes in, so check back during the day.
[Dawn] The militant Islamic State (IS) group claimed responsibility for the attack, reported Reuters.
Original article:
[Dhaka Tribune] At least 30 people have been killed and 70 injured in an kaboom at the shrine of Shah Norani in Khuzdar district of Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
on Saturday evening.

Tehsildar Javed Iqbal said: "Some 30 people have been killed and 70 injured in the blast including women and kiddies," reports DawnNews.

The report said no group has yet taken responsibility of the attack.

Security forces have reached the spot of the incident while emergency services are facing difficulty in reaching the site of the incident due to its remote location and poor communication infrastructure.

The shrine is also located in hilly terrain, further adding to the difficulties being faced by emergency services.

Electricity services were also disrupted following the kaboom, hampering rescue efforts further. Electric power to the shrine is supplied with generators, DawnNews reported.

"People who are critically injured in the blast will be transported to Bloody Karachi
...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
," said Balochistan Home Minister Mir Sarfaraz Ahmed Bugti.

No major hospital is located near the shrine, and the injured will be shifted to Karachi for further treatment. Reportedly the injured are being shifted in private vehicles.

"There are no helicopters available with the provincial government to evacuate the maimed," said Anwar Kakar, a spokesperson for the Balochistan government.

An emergency has also been declared in all hospitals of Khuzdar district.

While answering a question regarding security measures in Balochistan, Bugti said: "If there is security lapse on part of the state, those responsible will be held accountable".

The shrine is frequented by a large number of devotees on Friday, and is visited by people from across the country. Iranian nationals also frequent the shrine.

Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah has expressed his grief over the killing of innocents and condemned the blast at the shrine of Shah Norani.

In October, heavily-armed faceless myrmidons wearing boom jackets stormed a police academy in Quetta, killing at least 61 people and wounding at least 117.

Three gunnies burst into the sprawling academy, targeting sleeping quarters home to some 700 recruits, and sent terrified young men aged between 15 and 25 fleeing.

Communication intercepts showed the attack was carried out by al-Alimi faction of the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
... a 'more violent' offshoot of Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistain. LeJ's purpose in life is to murder anyone who's not of utmost religious purity, starting with Shiites but including Brelvis, Ahmadis, Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Rosicrucians, and just about anyone else you can think of. They are currently a wholly-owned subsidiary of al-Qaeda ...
(LJ) murderous Moslem group.

In August, a jacket wallah targeted the emergency services ward at Quetta’s Civil Hospital killing at least 70 people and leaving scores injured, majority of those killed were lawyers.

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP) splinter group, Jamaat-ul-Ahrar (JuA), had grabbed credit for the bombing which occurred at the gates of the building housing the emergency ward.

Balochistan has been experiencing incidents of violence and assassination'>assassinations for over a decade. More than 1,400 incidents targeting the minority Shia and Hazara community have taken place in the province during the past 15 years.

The largest province of the country by area, is home to a low-level insurgency by ethnic Baloch separatists. Al Qaeda-linked and sectarian faceless myrmidons also operate in the region. The province shares borders with Afghanistan and Iran.
Posted by: Fred 2016-11-13
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