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United Baloch Army claims Islamabad bombing
ISALAMABD: Outlawed United Baloch Army (UBA) has claimed responsibility for the Islamabad fruit market bomb blast that killed 24 people Wednesday, Samaa reported.
This is UBA’s second major attack within 24 hours as a day earlier the separatist militants bombed Jaffar Express at Sibi railway station killing 17 passengers and injuring dozens more.
The bombing -- the deadliest to hit Islamabad since a huge truck bomb at the Marriott Hotel in 2008 -- left a 1.5-metre (five-foot) diameter crater and littered the site with body parts.
The UBA struck as the government tries to negotiate an end to the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan's (TTP) seven-year campaign of violence.
On the other hand Taliban spokesman Shahidullah Shahid denied the Taliban's involvement and condemned the attack.
Experts say these bombings may be a reaction of the elimination of at least 30 separatist miscreants in Khuzdar and Kalat districts of restive Balochistan on Monday.
The Frontier Corps said the militants were killed in an operation, which began earlier on Monday in the Farod area of Kalat district, around 300 kilometres (190 miles) southwest of the provincial capital Quetta. The troops were backed by Special Wing troops and helicopter gunships.--SAMAA
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SAMMA NEWS
United Baloch Army claims Islamabad bombing