Suicide attack in Quetta kills 28

A suicide attack on an Al-Quds day procession of the Imamia Student Organisation (ISO) at Meezan Chowk in Quetta on Friday killed 28 people and injured over 100 others.

The casualty figure is expected to rise due to the intensity of the explosion as around 2,500 people were present in the rally.

According to Express 24/7 correspondent Muhammad Kazim, it is not yet clear whether it was a suicide attack or a planted bomb. The fire brigade reached the area and are trying to extinguish the fire, while ambulances have moved several injured to Combined Military Hospital, Quetta District Hospital and Civil Hospital.

An Express News cameraman, a Dawn News cameraman and a Geo News cameraman were also injured in the explosion.

There are reports that the participants of the procession are have taken arms and have started randomly firing in protest.

This event came two days after the triple blasts in Lahore at the Yaum-i-Shahadat Ali (RA) procession that killed 37 people and injured hundreds.

This is also the third incident of terrorism today, the first being the blast in Mardan followed by an explosion in Peshawar.

Al-Quds Day is an annual event on the last Friday of Ramadan,expressing solidarity with the Palestinian people and opposing Zionism as well as Israel’s control of Jerusalem.

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