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Quetta blast death toll reaches 16
Police recover nine bombs from site and nearby buildings, defused by the Bomb Disposal Squad.
A man stands covered in dust and blood after arriving to a hospital from the scene of a explosion in Quetta PHOTO: REUTERS
QUETTA: The number of deaths from the Friday evening explosion in Quetta increased, taking the death toll to 16 on Saturday, reported Express News.
The bomb had exploded in front of the house of Shafiq Mengal, the son of former federal minister Naseer Mengal.
According to the police, one more body was recovered from the debris of the buildings on Abab Karam Road, which were destroyed in the blast.
Police also recovered nine bombs from the site and nearby buildings, which have been defused by the Bomb Disposal Squad.
While a case against the incident has been registered at the Saryab Police Station, the police have arrested more than a dozen suspected assailants.
The entire city of Quetta was rocked by the explosion which was heard within a radius of several kilometres. A house and several cars parked nearby were gutted in the fire triggered by the blast.
The blast injured at least 35 people, while wrecked nearby buildings and shops.
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my hear weeps :-/
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Condolences to the families who have lost a loved one!
And I hope BLA gets what is coming for them.
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Please ignore these minor transgresses from our brothers.
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16 dead. Nobody even cares to comment. Understandable as they were not killed by Nato fire.
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@Javed:
No, they were killed by liberals favourite group BLA,Recommend
Quetta used to be one of the safest cities in Pakistan. Living in harmony was a tradition. Alas! Gone are the days.
My heart weeps for the families and friends of those who lost loved once in yet another barbaric act.
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@Javed:
Just another day in PAK.
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its about time pakistan gives balochis to decide their own future just like India should allow kashmiris to decide their future.Recommend
Crimes on humanity night and day and spreading in other cities so freely. What has this despotic democracy given to its people? People do not know if they have 1 more day to live in this lawless jungle. . . .and then the administration egotistically tries to insult the military when it offers to help and protect the security of the people.
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@Basit:
You say that “No, they were killed by liberals favourite group BLA”!
Since no group has taken credit for this attack, how would you know that?
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@baloch mengal – Poor Indian voice trying to grab on to Kashmir and create terror in Balochistan.
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@numbersnumbers:
you have not been following websites like BalochJohd and various twitter accounts of Baloch separatists who have loudly and proudly admitted carrying out this attack against Shafiq Mengal.
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