At Least 34 Killed, 50 Injured in a Suicide Blast in Pakistan’s Balochistan

At least 34 persons including a police officer died and more than 50 were injured in a suicide blast near a mosque in Balochistan’s Mastung district on Friday, reported The Dawn.

The explosion took place when people were gathering for an Eid-i-Miladun Nabi procession near Madina Masjid at Alfalah Road.

Balochistan interim Information Minister Jan Achakzai said rescue teams have been dispatched to Mastung. He added the critically injured persons are being transferred to Quetta and that an emergency has been imposed in all the hospitals.

This was the second major blast in the same district in September. Earlier this month, a blast injured several people, including Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) leader Hafiz Hamdullah.

In July 2018, at least 128 people, including politician Nawabzada Siraj Raisani, were killed and more than 200 were injured in a deadly suicide blast in the same district.