Dozens have died after a bomb blast hit a railway station in southwestern Pakistan. No group has claimed responsibility.
The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), a separatist militant group, claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement emailed to Reuters.At least 24 people have been killed and dozens are injured in a bomb blast at a railway station in Quetta in southwestern Pakistan on Saturday (9 November), a police official told Reuters earlier.
The senior superintendent of police operations, Muhammad Baloch, earlier said the blast took place inside the railway station when the Peshawar-bound train was about to leave.
Pakistan is grappling with a surge in militant attacks in its northwest and a growing separatist insurgency in the south.
The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), a separatist militant group, claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement emailed to Reuters.
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