Kills 50 People, ISIS Claims Temple blast in Pakistan - The
death toll from a bomb blast at a Sufi shrine in Pakistan's southwest,
Saturday, November 12, increased to 50 people and more than 100 others
injured. The number of casualties reported by local officials revealed to the media crew.
As reported by The Columbian of AP, Saturday (11/12/2016), the militant group Islamic State (ISIS) has claimed responsibility for the suicide attack at the shrine of Sufi Bilal Shah Noorani in the southwestern province of Baluchistan.
The rescue team transported the victims wounded to hospitals and the dead to the local morgue, "said Abdur Rasool, an official in the interior ministry of the province.
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However, rescuers had to break through the mountainous area, about 350 kilometers south of the provincial capital, Quetta ,
The explosion targeting worshipers as they gathered in a worship dance "Dhamal." Courtyard of the temple at the time was packed with relatives, women and children.
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Statement of ISIS-affiliated news agency, Aamaq, said the suicide attack targeting a target "Shia." The temple was frequented Pakistani Sunni Muslim majority and Shiite minority. ISIS consider all Muslims Shiite heresy.
The explosion occurred before the visit of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to the province on Sunday, where he will see the first Chinese cargo shipment to Africa from the port of Gwadar.
Interior Minister Baluchistan, Sarfaraz Bugti, referring to the lack of cellular service in areas hit by a bomb, said the situation will be clearer in the morning. He said more than 500 people present in the courtyard of the shrine when the blast occurred
Abdul Hakim Lasi, a rescue service official from the Edhi Foundation, said many were injured in the attack due to panic after the explosion.
One female witness, who was not identified his name, told the GEO television channel that the "big bang" took place in the middle of the dance event Dhamal in the temple courtyard. "I do not know how I escaped unscathed," he said. "Like hell around me."
A doctor at a hospital in the area told a local television station that the number of the wounded to be treated has made the hospital staff were overwhelmed.
"We do not have enough space so few people were outside, on the floor," the doctor said, adding that, "Some of the injured, lost limbs."
A military statement said four medical teams and 45 ambulances military troops have been sent to the scene to help the victims.
Last month, ISIS claimed responsibility for an attack on a police academy in Quetta that killed 61 people, mostly cadets and coaches. Banned sectarian militant group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi claimed partly responsible.
For more than a decade, the province of Baluchistan has become a low-intensity insurgency by nationalists and separatists who demand a greater share of the resources of this area.
Tags: Isis, Pakistan Terroisme, Terrorist Isis, Bom, Save Pakistan, Suriah,
As reported by The Columbian of AP, Saturday (11/12/2016), the militant group Islamic State (ISIS) has claimed responsibility for the suicide attack at the shrine of Sufi Bilal Shah Noorani in the southwestern province of Baluchistan.
The rescue team transported the victims wounded to hospitals and the dead to the local morgue, "said Abdur Rasool, an official in the interior ministry of the province.
See Also: Tired Fought, 11 Abu Sayyaf Members Surrender
However, rescuers had to break through the mountainous area, about 350 kilometers south of the provincial capital, Quetta ,
The explosion targeting worshipers as they gathered in a worship dance "Dhamal." Courtyard of the temple at the time was packed with relatives, women and children.
See Also: Message 'ISIS leaders' Calls For No Surrender In Mosul
Statement of ISIS-affiliated news agency, Aamaq, said the suicide attack targeting a target "Shia." The temple was frequented Pakistani Sunni Muslim majority and Shiite minority. ISIS consider all Muslims Shiite heresy.
The explosion occurred before the visit of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to the province on Sunday, where he will see the first Chinese cargo shipment to Africa from the port of Gwadar.
Interior Minister Baluchistan, Sarfaraz Bugti, referring to the lack of cellular service in areas hit by a bomb, said the situation will be clearer in the morning. He said more than 500 people present in the courtyard of the shrine when the blast occurred
Abdul Hakim Lasi, a rescue service official from the Edhi Foundation, said many were injured in the attack due to panic after the explosion.
One female witness, who was not identified his name, told the GEO television channel that the "big bang" took place in the middle of the dance event Dhamal in the temple courtyard. "I do not know how I escaped unscathed," he said. "Like hell around me."
A doctor at a hospital in the area told a local television station that the number of the wounded to be treated has made the hospital staff were overwhelmed.
"We do not have enough space so few people were outside, on the floor," the doctor said, adding that, "Some of the injured, lost limbs."
A military statement said four medical teams and 45 ambulances military troops have been sent to the scene to help the victims.
Last month, ISIS claimed responsibility for an attack on a police academy in Quetta that killed 61 people, mostly cadets and coaches. Banned sectarian militant group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi claimed partly responsible.
For more than a decade, the province of Baluchistan has become a low-intensity insurgency by nationalists and separatists who demand a greater share of the resources of this area.
Tags: Isis, Pakistan Terroisme, Terrorist Isis, Bom, Save Pakistan, Suriah,
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