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Death toll rises to 24 in suicide bombing at a rail station in southwestern Pakistan
Death toll rises to 24 in suicide bombing at a rail station in southwestern Pakistan
UPDATED NOVEMBER 9, 20242:52 AM ET
By The Associated Press
Security officials examine the site of a bomb explosion at railway station in Quetta, southwestern Pakistan on Saturday.
Arshad Butt/AP
QUETTA, Pakistan — A suicide bomber blew himself up at a train station in restive southwestern Pakistan on Saturday, killing at least 24 people, including security officers, and wounding about 50 others, some critically, officials said.
The attack happened when nearly 100 passengers were waiting for a train to travel to the garrison city of Rawalpindi from Quetta, the capital of the restive Balochistan province, according to Hamza Shafqaat, a senior government administrator.
A separatist group, the Balochistan Liberation Army, claimed the attack in a statement, saying a suicide bomber targeted troops present at the railway station. The outlawed BLA has long waged an insurgency seeking independence from Islamabad.
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UPDATED NOVEMBER 9, 20242:52 AM ET
By The Associated Press
Security officials examine the site of a bomb explosion at railway station in Quetta, southwestern Pakistan on Saturday.
Arshad Butt/AP
QUETTA, Pakistan — A suicide bomber blew himself up at a train station in restive southwestern Pakistan on Saturday, killing at least 24 people, including security officers, and wounding about 50 others, some critically, officials said.
The attack happened when nearly 100 passengers were waiting for a train to travel to the garrison city of Rawalpindi from Quetta, the capital of the restive Balochistan province, according to Hamza Shafqaat, a senior government administrator.
A separatist group, the Balochistan Liberation Army, claimed the attack in a statement, saying a suicide bomber targeted troops present at the railway station. The outlawed BLA has long waged an insurgency seeking independence from Islamabad.
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