ISLAMABAD – Pakistani officials said Friday that a series of attacks including suicide bombings and a militant raid killed at least 62 people and inju
Pakistani officials said Friday that a series of attacks, including suicide bombings and a militant raid, killed at least 62 people and injured many more, marking one of the deadliest days the nation has witnessed in recent months.
Most of the casualties occurred in Mastung, a volatile district in southwestern Baluchistan province, where a suicide bomber struck a religious procession marking the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad.
Police and hospital officials said the powerful blast killed at least 53 devotees and wounded dozens of others.
Abdul Razaq, the district deputy commissioner, confirmed the casualties, saying a top police officer was also among the dead. He told reporters that several injured had received severe injuries.
In this photo provided by District Police Office, a boy injured in a bomb explosion receives treatment at a hospital, in Mastung near Quetta, Pakistan, Sept. 29, 2023.
Pakistani caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar and Interior Minister Sarfaraz Ahmed Bugti condemned the violence against innocent devotees, saying that ‘terrorists have no faith or religion.’
Eyewitnesses said that it took a while before rescue teams arrived at the blast’s site because of the area’s remoteness.
