Pakistan: Quetta railway station bomb blast
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People walk amid the debris after a bomb blast at a railway station in Quetta, Pakistan on November 9, 2024.
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A bombing claimed by Pakistani separatists killed 26 people, including 14 soldiers, at a railway station in the southwestern Balochistan province, a hospital spokesman said on Saturday (November 9, 2024). The blast hit as passengers waited on a platform at the main railway station in the provincial capital Quetta.
“Fourteen members of the Army and 12 civilians were killed,” said Wasim Baig, spokesman for Quetta’s Sandeman Provincial Hospital, raising an earlier toll of 25 provided by police.
Forty six members of the security forces and 14 civilians were wounded, the spokesman added.
A woman walks amid the debris after a bomb blast at a railway station in Quetta, Pakistan on November 9, 2024.
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Despite frequent attacks in Balochistan, the toll of Saturday’s blast was particularly high for the southwestern province, which borders Afghanistan and Iran.
The explosion took place around 8.45 a.m. (10.15 a.m. Indian Standard Time) and was claimed by the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), one of the area’s main separatist groups.
The attack “was carried out on a Pakistani army unit at Quetta railway station… after completing a course at the Infantry School”, the BLA said.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said the attackers “will pay a heavy price”, according to a statement from his office.
Published – November 09, 2024 10:26 am IST
