Pakistani separatists kill 26 in railway station blast

by damith
November 10, 2024 1:10 am 0 comment 740 views

People mourn the death of their relatives in a hospital following a bomb blast at a railway station in Quetta, in Pakistan’s Balochistan province. | Pic: AFP

Quetta, Pakistan (AFP) – A bombing claimed by Pakistani separatists killed 26 people including 14 soldiers at a railway station in the Southwestern Balochistan Province yesterday (November 9), a hospital spokesman said.

The blast hit as passengers waited on a platform at the main railway station in the provincial capital Quetta.

“Fourteen members of the Army and 12 civilians were killed,” said Wasim Baig, spokesman for Quetta’s Sandeman Provincial Hospital, raising an earlier toll of 25 provided by police.

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