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7 killed, 16 wounded in Quetta suicide attack
[Khaama Press] A suicide kaboom rocked Quetta city, the thriving provincial capital 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... province of Pakistain, late on Tuesday night. According to the local officials, several people were killed or injured after a jacket wallah detonated his explosives close to the vehicle of the security forces. The incident took place in the vicinity of Zarghoon Road close to the General Assembly of Balochistan, leaving seven people dead and sixteen others maimed. Balochistan’s Inspector General of Police Moazam Jah Ansari told news hounds that eight coppers were also injured in the attack. It is believed that the Tehrik-e-Taliban ...Arabic for students... Pakistain (TTP) group has grabbed credit behind the attack. In the meantime, Ansari claimed that he could "tell in advance" that the suicide bomber must have come from across the Afghan border. He said DNA tests showed suicide bombers involved in previous attacks in Quetta were foreign nationals too, according to the local media reports. This comes as several people were killed or maimed in a similar incident in Quetta city late in December last year. The Afghan and Pak officials often blame the attacks on the anti-government armed elements having safe havens on the two sides of the Durand Line. The Afghan officials often blame the Haqqani terrorist network for the large scale attacks in Kabul and other parts of the Afghanistan, claiming that the network uses its safe havens in Pakistain for orchestrating such attacks. A claim which has often been endorsed by US officials as well. Posted by: trailing wife 2018-01-11 |
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