A powerful suicide bombing at a rail station in southwestern Pakistan kills at least 26
A suicide bomber blew himself up at a train station in restive southwestern Pakistan on Saturday, killing at least 24 people and wounding about 50 others.
A suicide bomber blew himself up at a train station in restive southwestern Pakistan on Saturday, killing at least 26 people, including security officers, and wounding about 62 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 Balochistan province, according to Hamza Shafqaat, a senior government administrator.
When asked about a security breach that led to the bombing, Shafqaat told reporters that “it is usually very difficult to stop such suicide attacks.”
However, Shahid Nawaz, who is in charge of security at Quetta’s train station, insisted there was no breach as the attacker was disguised as a passenger and blew himself up among people at the station.
TV footage showed the steel structure of the platform’s roof blown apart and a destroyed tea stall. Luggage was strewn everywhere. Most of the victims were taken to a state-owned hospital and some to a military one.
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