Quetta | 31 civilians including 3 policemen and 2 children were killed on Wednesday in a suicide attack outside a polling station near Eastern Bypass in Pakistan’s Quetta, the provincial capital of Baluchistan. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for that attack.
“The suicide bomber blew himself up when police and FC personnel stopped him from entering the station,” said a police officers deployed at the polling station. Balochistan Chief Minister asked for a report on the matter and instructed the authorities to provide quality medical facilities to the injured. He also directed security agencies to beef up security in the province.
According to the polling officer, the Polling resumed in the polling station after being suspended briefly, however the number of voters remains low. In another attack at the Tameer-e-Nau polling station, Thirty-five others were injured in the attack.
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