Taliban
faction has claimed responsibility for the blast in Quetta, Pakistan
A suicide
bomber killed at least 70 people and wounded more than a hundred in
Quetta, Pakistan, on Monday.
"There
are many wounded, so the death toll could rise," said Rehmat
Saleh Baloch, the provincial health minister, to Reuters.
Many of
those killed were lawyers who had gathered at the hospital "after
the body of their colleague, prominent attorney Bilal Kasi was
brought there," Associated Press (AP) reports.
"As
they protested [Kasi's] killing," the New York Times writes, "a
powerful blast ripped through the entrance to the hospital's
emergency department, leading to widespread panic. Television footage
showed scores of lawyers running for cover as gunfire echoed in the
background."
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