Blast Rattled Quetta Railway Station, Killing Dozens

MIDDLE EAST NEWS — (Daily Post) - A suicide bomb tore through the Quetta railway terminal on Saturday, killing at least 26 people and injuring many more.

According to Balochistan Levies and Quetta Civil Hospital officials an explosion at the railway station in Quetta, southern Pakistan, killed at least 26 people and injured over 65 more.

A preliminary investigation report said the incident occurred on the platform as passengers were waiting for the Jafar Express, which was set to depart for Peshawar at 9:05 a.m.

Police and other law enforcement rescue teams rushed to the scene when they heard about the explosion.

Victims' dead corpses and injured were transported to Quetta Civil Hospital shortly after the horrific incident.

A bystander said that he could see steel nails and bolts strewn at the place of the blast.

The explosion's high severity demolished the station's roof and commercial stalls.

No other identifying information about the blast victims was released by the Interior Ministry of Balochistan.

The Balochistan Liberation Army, a separatist terrorist group, claimed responsibility for the incident, which authorities are describing as a suicide attack.

Pakistan's Acting President Yousuf Raza Gilani, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif vehemently denounced the Quetta explosion.

Bilawal and Sarfraz Bugti, the Balochistan CM conveyed their sadness and anguish over the loss of precious lives.

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