Gun and suicide attack kills 23 near Pakistan-Iran border

No group has yet come forward to claim the attack.


Afp June 08, 2014
Sunday night, Pakistani officials said. The attack came when a bus carrying Pakistani pilgrims returning from a visit to holy sites in Iran stopped at a restaurant in the Pakistani town of Taftan in the border area. PHOTO: FILE

QUETTA: At least 23 people including several pilgrims were killed in a gun and suicide attack on the restive Pakistan-Iran border late Sunday night, Pakistani officials said.

The attack came when a bus carrying Pakistani pilgrims returning from a visit to holy sites in Iran stopped at a restaurant in the Pakistani town of Taftan in the border area.

"So far we can confirm 23 people killed including several Shiite pilgrims and security personal. Seven others are injured," Akbar Durrani, home secretary of Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province, told AFP.

"Four attackers including two gunmen and two suicide bombers attacked the restaurant in Taftan," he added.

No group has yet come forward to claim the attack.

Two devastating bombings in Quetta, the capital of Balochistan, killed nearly 200 people last year.

COMMENTS (2)

Syed | 9 years ago | Reply

My heart bleeds out for them.But in Pakistan my heart bleeds everyday.

Haider Ali | 9 years ago | Reply Shia genocide continues................
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