Suicide bomber in Pakistan kills 13 and wounds 30
A suicide bomber, supporters of a nationalist party, leaving a rally in the Southwest Pakistan, which came into the uprising, flew into the air outside a stadium because he killed at least 13 people and wounded 30 people.
Local police chief Majeed Qaisrani said that the explosion occurred near a cemetery near the stadium on the skirts of Quetta, the capital of Balochistan on Tuesday night.
He said the body’s body parts were rescued.
A state hospital spokesman Waseem Baig, some in critical state, 13 bodies and dozens of wounded, he said.
There was no claim for the attack immediately.
The rally was held to celebrate the anniversary of the death of Sardar Ataullah Mengal, an experienced nationalist leader and former state prime minister.
Senior police officer Usama Ameen said that Akhtar Mengal, the leader of the National Party of Belochistan, was not damaged in the attack, but some supporters were among the dead and the wounded. Mengal is the vocal critic of the government, and often organized rallies to demand the release of lost Baloch nationalists.
Balochistan Prime Minister Sarfraz Bugti condemned the bombing as a “cowardly action of the enemies of humanity”, ordered a high -level investigation to the wounded to bring the best possible medical care and perpetrators to justice.
In Islamabad, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi condemned the attack, accusing “Indian -backed terrorists and their facilitates” for trying to destabilize the country by targeting civilians. He did not provide any evidence to support the claim.
In recent months, the Pakistani government and Bugti accused India of supporting both Pakistani Taliban and Baloch separatists, accusing a new Delhi.
Balochistan has long been the scene of a low -level uprising with groups such as the Independence Army, which has demanded independence from the central government. The separatists have largely targeted the security forces and workers from Pakistan Punjab province.
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