QUETTA, Pakistan
(Reuters) - A blast at a mosque in Quetta in southwestern Pakistan on Friday killed
at least 13 people, including a senior police officer, and injured 20 others,
police said.
Police said an
improvised explosive device had been planted at the mosque inside a seminary in
the city, the capital of Balochistan province, which borders Afghanistan and
Iran. It exploded during evening prayers on Friday, the second bombing in
Quetta this week.
"So far, 13
bodies and 20 injured have been brought here," Dr Wasim Baig, spokesman
for a local hospital told Reuters, adding that many of the injured were in
serious condition. A senior police officer, Haji Amanullah was among the dead.
His son was killed by unknown persons last month.
A spokesman for
Pakistan military said paramilitary troops were conducting a search operation
around the site. Mineral- and gas-rich Balochistan is at the centre of the $60
billion China Pakistan Economic Corridor, which is part of China’s Belt and
Road infrastructure project.
Violence in
Balochistan has fuelled concerns about the security of projects such as a planned
energy link from western China to Pakistan's southern port of Gwadar.
Source: The Star – 11 January 2020
By: Gul Yousafzai
By: Gul Yousafzai
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