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Pakistan blast kills female students | Pakistan blast kills female students |
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At least 11 students have been killed and about 20 hurt in a blast on a bus at a university for women in the western Pakistani city of Quetta. | |
A homemade bomb had been planted on the bus, police say. | A homemade bomb had been planted on the bus, police say. |
Later gunmen attacked the hospital where the victims were being treated. A senior city official is reported to have been killed. | Later gunmen attacked the hospital where the victims were being treated. A senior city official is reported to have been killed. |
Quetta is the capital of Balochistan province, which has seen a surge in militant violence in recent months. | Quetta is the capital of Balochistan province, which has seen a surge in militant violence in recent months. |
Some attacks are carried out by separatists and others by Islamists who oppose women's education. | Some attacks are carried out by separatists and others by Islamists who oppose women's education. |
In the latest, the students were about to go home when the explosion occurred. | In the latest, the students were about to go home when the explosion occurred. |
"It was an improvised explosive device placed in the women university bus," police chief Zubair Mahmood said. | "It was an improvised explosive device placed in the women university bus," police chief Zubair Mahmood said. |
Hospital sources say some of the wounded are in critical condition. | Hospital sources say some of the wounded are in critical condition. |
Later another explosion rocked the medical centre where the students were being treated, | Later another explosion rocked the medical centre where the students were being treated, |
Militants armed with grenades were positioned there and exchanged fire with members of the security forces who rushed to the scene, police say. | Militants armed with grenades were positioned there and exchanged fire with members of the security forces who rushed to the scene, police say. |
Pakistan TV says a senior Quetta official, Abdul Mansoor Khan, who had gone to the hospital to visit the wounded students, was killed in the stand-off. There are fears of more casualties. | Pakistan TV says a senior Quetta official, Abdul Mansoor Khan, who had gone to the hospital to visit the wounded students, was killed in the stand-off. There are fears of more casualties. |
No group has said it carried out either attack. | No group has said it carried out either attack. |
The violence came hours after militants carried out a rocket attack against a historic home in the Ziarat area of Balochistan, which was used by Pakistan's founding father Muhammad Ali Jinnah. | The violence came hours after militants carried out a rocket attack against a historic home in the Ziarat area of Balochistan, which was used by Pakistan's founding father Muhammad Ali Jinnah. |
The house is said to have been severely damaged. | The house is said to have been severely damaged. |
Last month the Taliban killed at least 11 people in an attack on security forces in Quetta. | Last month the Taliban killed at least 11 people in an attack on security forces in Quetta. |