Quetta Bomb Blast Kills 24 - 8 August 2013
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Blast at policeman's funeral in Quetta kills 24, including senior official
QUETTA: A suspected suicide blast at the funeral of a slain police officer in Quetta killed 24 people, including senior police official Fayyaz Sumbal, police sources said.
It was difficult to determine the exact number of casualties, but reports suggested up to 50 people were injured. Several of the wounded were said to be in critical condition.
According to television reports, the bomb exploded outside a mosque where the funeral procession of station house officer Mohibullah was being held.
Several police personnel, including Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Police Operations Fayyaz Sumbal, attending the funeral were killed in the powerful explosion. The bomb went off as senior officers prepared to offer prayers for their colleague.
Police sources told DawnNews that the bomb, which appeared to be a suicide blast, contained between eight to 10 kilograms of explosive material. The injured were shifted to the Civil Hospital and the Combined Military Hospital.
The blast was the second targeted attack on Thursday on police personnel in the provincial capital, which has been under high security the entire day. SHO Mohibullah was shot dead by unknown gunmen earlier this morning in Killi Almo area while he was reportedly taking his family for Eid shopping.
Eyewitnesses said fear and chaos spread among the people attending the funeral following the loud explosion.
All my colleagues are gone. The DSP, SP, DIG theyre all gone, said one emotional eyewitness reduced to tears.
It was unclear how many senior police officials were killed as authorities were yet to determine and disclose the identities of the all the victims.
No militant group has yet claimed responsibility for the bombing, one of the worst attacks on police personnel in the violence-hit provincial capital.
This is a developing story and will be updated as further reports come in.
Blast at policeman's funeral in Quetta kills 24, including senior official - DAWN.COM
"Truly! To Allah we belong and truly, to Him we shall return."" [The Qur'an; Chapter 2 (Al Baqarah - The Cow) : Verse 156]
"Allatheena ithâ asabat-hum museebatun qaloo inna lillahi wa innâ ilay-hi raji'oon"
QUETTA: A suspected suicide blast at the funeral of a slain police officer in Quetta killed 24 people, including senior police official Fayyaz Sumbal, police sources said.
It was difficult to determine the exact number of casualties, but reports suggested up to 50 people were injured. Several of the wounded were said to be in critical condition.
According to television reports, the bomb exploded outside a mosque where the funeral procession of station house officer Mohibullah was being held.
Several police personnel, including Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Police Operations Fayyaz Sumbal, attending the funeral were killed in the powerful explosion. The bomb went off as senior officers prepared to offer prayers for their colleague.
Police sources told DawnNews that the bomb, which appeared to be a suicide blast, contained between eight to 10 kilograms of explosive material. The injured were shifted to the Civil Hospital and the Combined Military Hospital.
The blast was the second targeted attack on Thursday on police personnel in the provincial capital, which has been under high security the entire day. SHO Mohibullah was shot dead by unknown gunmen earlier this morning in Killi Almo area while he was reportedly taking his family for Eid shopping.
Eyewitnesses said fear and chaos spread among the people attending the funeral following the loud explosion.
All my colleagues are gone. The DSP, SP, DIG theyre all gone, said one emotional eyewitness reduced to tears.
It was unclear how many senior police officials were killed as authorities were yet to determine and disclose the identities of the all the victims.
No militant group has yet claimed responsibility for the bombing, one of the worst attacks on police personnel in the violence-hit provincial capital.
This is a developing story and will be updated as further reports come in.
Blast at policeman's funeral in Quetta kills 24, including senior official - DAWN.COM
"Truly! To Allah we belong and truly, to Him we shall return."" [The Qur'an; Chapter 2 (Al Baqarah - The Cow) : Verse 156]
"Allatheena ithâ asabat-hum museebatun qaloo inna lillahi wa innâ ilay-hi raji'oon"
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its targeted at a DIG....
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Almighty help us even the funeral prayers at Mosques arent safe any more.
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RIP brothers...
