In Pakistan’s Balochistan, an explosion at the Quetta Railway Station on Saturday claimed at least 20 lives and injured over 30 more. According to Pakistan’s Dawn News, a train was prepared to leave the platform for Peshawar at the moment of the explosion.
A scene following an explosion that happened on Saturday in Pakistan’s Balochistan, close to the Quetta Railway Station. A scene following an explosion that happened on Saturday in Pakistan’s Balochistan, close to the Quetta Railway Station.
The incident “looks to be a suicide blast,” but it would be too soon to say for sure, according to Quetta Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) operations Mohammad Baloch, who also stated that an investigation was being conducted to determine the type of explosion.
In Pakistan’s Balochistan, an explosion at the Quetta Railway Station on Saturday claimed at least 20 lives and injured over 30 more. According to Pakistan’s Dawn News, a train was prepared to leave the platform for Peshawar at the moment of the explosion.
A scene following an explosion that happened on Saturday in Pakistan’s Balochistan, close to the Quetta Railway Station. A scene following an explosion that happened on Saturday in Pakistan’s Balochistan, close to the Quetta Railway Station.
The incident “looks to be a suicide blast,” but it would be too soon to say for sure, according to Quetta Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) operations Mohammad Baloch, who also stated that an investigation was being conducted to determine the type of explosion.
SSP Baloch told reporters that “around 100 individuals” were at the location, according to video he saw, which Dawn News reported.
According to senior police official Mohammad Baloch, the device went off as people were waiting for a train from Quetta, the capital of the unrest-plagued province of Balochistan, to go to the garrison city of Rawalpindi.
Police and security personnel have arrived at the scene of the incident, according to a statement released by Balochistan government spokesperson Shahid Rind.
According to Shahid Rind, a report on the occurrence had been requested, and the Bomb Disposal Squad was gathering evidence from the scene to determine the nature of the explosion. Given that several of the injured passengers were listed in serious condition, Shahid Rind predicted that the attack’s death toll will certainly increase.
An “emergency” has been declared in the hospitals there, the government official said, adding that the “wounded were being provided with medical aid,” according to Dawn News. Separatist insurgents reside in resource-rich Balochistan, the largest and poorest province in Pakistan.
In the past, militants have targeted foreign-financed energy projects, particularly those from China, and accused outsiders of taking advantage of the area while keeping locals out of the rewards. The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), one of the militant organizations, regularly makes allegations of lethal assaults on Pakistanis or security personnel from other regions, particularly Punjabis.
The BLA took credit for coordinated operations in August that resulted in the deaths of at least 39 individuals, one of the greatest numbers to ever strike the area.
