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| Suicide bomber kills at least 50 at Pakistan hospital |
| 2016-08-08 |
| [Reuters] A suicide bomber in Pakistan killed at least 50 people and wounded dozens more in an attack on mourners gathered at a hospital in Quetta, according to officials in the violence-plagued southwestern province of Baluchistan. The bomber struck as more than 100 mourners, mostly lawyers and journalists, crowded into the emergency department to accompany the body of a prominent lawyer, who had been shot and killed in the city earlier in the day, Faridullah, a journalist who was among the wounded, told Reuters. Sarfaraz Bugti, the provincial home minister, said at least 50 people were killed, and more than that number were wounded, as the casualty toll spiked from initial estimates. "There are many wounded, so the death toll could rise," said Rehmat Saleh Baloch, the provincial health minister. Television footage showed scenes of chaos, with panicked people fleeing through debris as smoke filled the hospital corridors. The motive behind the attack was unclear and no group had yet claimed responsibility, but several lawyers have been targeted during a recent spate of killings in Quetta. The latest victim, Bilal Anwar Kasi, was shot and killed while on his way to the city's main court complex, senior police official Nadeem Shah told Reuters. He was the president of Baluchistan Bar Association. The subsequent suicide attack appeared to target his mourners, Anwar ul Haq Kakar, a spokesman for the Baluchistan government, said. "It seems it was a pre-planned attack," he said. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #4 Pakistan's military and their repugnant ISI have for two decades allowed the Islamists to live and organize in Qetta. (See "The Wrong Enemy" by Carlotta Gall) Recently, there have been some feeble government efforts to reincorporate the province into Pakistan. However, the crazies do not like that. |
| Posted by: Glith Glolurong6802 2016-08-08 09:17 |
| #3 The bomber struck as more than 100 mourners, mostly lawyers and journalists In Pakistain? my heart bleeds...no last nite's chili. Up to 63 now |
| Posted by: Frank G on the road 2016-08-08 09:15 |
| #2 this area has seen many massacres of Shia Hazara over the past decade |
| Posted by: lord garth 2016-08-08 08:23 |
| #1 Were any Moslems involved? |
| Posted by: Greanter Creater1877 2016-08-08 08:19 |