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Pakistan Bomb Kills 15

Bombs are still going off in Pakistan, the latest target is a polio vaccination centre in Quetta. At least 15 people have been killed in … Continue reading Pakistan Bomb Kills 15


Pakistan bombBombs are still going off in Pakistan, the latest target is a polio vaccination centre in Quetta.

At least 15 people have been killed in a suspected suicide bombing outside a polio vaccination centre in the south-western Pakistani city of Quetta.

Quetta’s Deputy Commissioner, Dawood Khilji, said the death toll had risen to 15, with 14 police officers and one passer-by confirmed dead. About 20 people were injured.

The BBC reported that the explosion took place in the morning as polio workers and security staff were reporting for duty before heading out on their vaccination rounds, said Sarfaraz Bugti, a Minister in Balochistan province of which Quetta is the capital.

Armed guards are routine for polio workers in Pakistan, who have been hit by many attacks in recent years.

Militants oppose polio vaccination insisting it is a western conspiracy to sterilise children.

Pakistan and Afghanistan are the only two countries where the disease is still endemic.