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India-Pakistan

At least 21 killed, 30 injured in blast near Quetta railway station

2024-11-09

[GEO.TV] At least 21 people were killed and 30 others were maimed in a bomb explosion near Quetta's railway station marking the latest incident of unrest in 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...
Preliminary reports indicate that the earth-shattering kaboom took place at the railway station's booking office, which usually witnesses a significant number of people, resulting in the high corpse count so far.

While police and rescue personnel reached the site of the blast, emergency was imposed in Quetta's Civil Hospital, with additional doctors and support staff called in.

The Jaffer Express was scheduled to depart for Beautiful Downtown Peshawar

...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistain's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire...
at 9am, according to railway officials.

Officials informed Geo News that with several of the injured at death's door, the corpse count from the blast may rise.

Talking to the media, Senior Superintendent Police (SSP) Operations Quetta Muhammad Baloch said that the earth-shattering kaboom seemed to be a suicide kaboom

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he noted that further investigation was underway.

Providing details on the corpse count SSP Operations Baloch said that the corpse count stood at 21 with 30 others maimed in the blast.

"The blast took place inside the railway station when the Peshawar-bound express was about to leave for its destination," said the police officer.

Update from the BBC at 1:30 p.m. ET, courtesy of Skidmark:

A separatist militant group, the Balochistan Liberation Army, said it carried out what police are deeming a suicide attack.

There has been a recent surge in deadly attacks in the province, driven by demands for independence and control over local resources.

The city’s commissioner said that the suicide bomber was among the dead, while about 50 others were injured in the blast.

Senior police official Muhammad Baloch said the explosion was thought to have been caused by a suicide bomber carrying 6-8kg of explosives. The dead and injured included both civilians and military personnel, he told the BBC.

The Baloch Liberation Army, which claimed responsibility for the attack, said in a statement released on social media that it had targeted a Pakistan military unit that was returning from Quetta after completing a training course.
Police later confirmed 14 soldiers were among the dead.

The region shares a volatile border with Iran and Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, and also boasts a vast coastline along the Arabian Sea.

In August, at least 73 people were killed in a series of attacks - which the Baloch Liberation Army also claimed responsibility for - targeting police stations, railway lines and highways, according to Reuters.

The militant separatist group has been waging a decades-long insurgency to gain independence for the region from Pakistan.

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