Pak: 16 killed, 30 injured in blast at Quetta railway station

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Quetta (Pakistan), Nov 9 : At least sixteen people were killed and 30 injured on Saturday in a blast at Quetta Railway Station, a police officer said.

Sixteen people were dead and more than 30 were injured, Quetta Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Mohammad Baloch said.

He further said that the incident “seemed to be a suicide blast” but it would be too early to say for sure, adding that an investigation was underway to ascertain the nature of the blast, Dawn news reported.

Earlier, Edhi Rescue Service head Zeeshan said that the blast “occurred at a platform inside the railway station”, media reported.

Balochistan government spokesperson Shahid Rind, in a statement, said police and security forces had reached the site of the incident.

Rind said the nature of the blast was being investigated as the Bomb Disposal Squad was collecting evidence from the site and a report had been sought on the incident.

An ‘emergency’ has been imposed in hospitals there, the government official stated, adding that the “injured were being provided with medical aid”.