22 dead, 30 injured in Mastung attack
- January 21, 2014, 11:29 pm
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MASTUNG, Jan 21 (APP): At least 22 people were killed and some 30
injured on Tuesday as a coach carrying Shia pilgrims was attacked in Mastung district of Balochistan, official sources confirmed.
Coach was coming from Taftan, an area bordering Iran to Quetta when
explosion ripped though it in Darin Garh area of Mastung.
Assistant Commissioner Mastung Shafqat Anwar, confired to APP that the
attack on coach left at least 22 people killed and some thirty injured.
One of two buses carrying 51 pilgrims returning from Iran back to
Quetta came under attack, he added.
The local administration, rescue teams along with fire fighters rushed
to the site and shifted the dead and injured to hospital. The fire engulfed the vehicle.
The law enforcement agencies have cordoned off the entire area to trace
the suspects.
Emergency was imposed in all government-run hospitals of the provincial
capital.
CMH hospital sources told that more than 30 injured have been brought to
the hospital.
