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General Category => World News => Topic started by: TomSea on January 11, 2020, 01:26:20 am
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This happened in Balochistan, that's a controversial area I believe, this bombing could be from separatist guerillas, but probably is from Islamiists. The article goes into this a bit.
Pakistan mosque blast kills senior police officer, 13 others
Abdul Satar, Associated Press Updated 8:26 am PST, Friday, January 10, 2020
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Pakistani paramilitary troops and an ambulance arrive at the site of bomb explosion in a mosque in Quetta, Pakistan, Friday, Jan. 10, 2020. A powerful explosion ripped through a mosque in southwest Pakistan ... more
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A powerful explosion ripped through a mosque in southwest Pakistan during Friday evening prayers, killing a senior police officer and at least 13 civilians, police said.
The bombing wounded another 20 worshipers in the city of Quetta, the capital of the restive Baluchistan province, said the city's police chief Abdur Razzaq Cheema.
Several of the wounded were in critical condition, and hospital authorities feared the death toll could climb further.
Read more at: https://www.seattlepi.com/news/world/article/Pakistan-mosque-blast-kills-senior-police-14964855.php#photo-18861218 (https://www.seattlepi.com/news/world/article/Pakistan-mosque-blast-kills-senior-police-14964855.php#photo-18861218)
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ISIS claimed responsibility.