QUETTA: At least 26 people were killed and 40 others were injured in in a suicide blast at Quetta railway station on Saturday.
According to rescue sources, 26 people died in the explosion while 40 were injured in the blast. Sources have said that the injured are being shifted to the hospital.
The rescue teams have been rushed to the blast site and shifted bodied and injured to nearby hospital.
According to the railway authorities, Jaffar Express was supposed to leave for Peshawar at 9 o'clock, the train was not yet on the platform. The blast occurred near reservation office.
On the other hand, according to Dr. Noor Ullah of Civil Hospital Quetta, an emergency has been declared in the hospital while additional doctors and staff have been called for medical assistance.
Talking to the media, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP ) Operation Quetta Muhammad Baloch confirmed that death of several people due to the explosion at the railway station,
He said initially explosion seems to be a suicide.
He explosion happened when a large number of passengers were on the platform to depart from the Jaffar Express.
Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti expressed his deepest condolences over the tragic loss of life and those who sustained injuries in the early Saturday morning Quetta blast.
In a message on private news channel, he strongly condemned the Quetta blast, stating that police and rescue teams swiftly responded to the scene.
He emphasized that the terrorist attack targeted innocent civilians, which is utterly inhumane.
May our collective grief translate into action against terrorism and our resolve for peace only grow stronger, he added.
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He added that investigators are also interviewing eyewitnesses, analyzing forensic evidence and scouring the blast site for clues to piece together the events surrounding the explosion.
