The Inspector General of Police for Balochistan, Mouzzam Jah confirmed that 24 people have been killed and more than 40 injured in a bomb blast at a railway station in Quetta in southwestern Pakistan on Saturday.
According to Senior Superintendent of Police Operation Muhammad Baloch the blast seemed to be a suicide bomb and that investigations were underway for more information.
In his words: “The blast took place inside the railway station when the Peshawar-bound express was about to leave for its destination.”
Pakistan is grappling with a surge in strikes by separatist ethnic militants in the south and Islamist militants in its northwest.
In August, at least 73 people were killed in Balochistan province after separatist militants attacked police stations, railway lines and highways.
However, no group has claimed responsibility for the blast at Quetta’s main railway station yet.
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