TEHRAN, December 17 - A blast moments ago took place near a Bethel Memorial Methodist Church in the Pakistani city of Quetta, killing at least 5 people, injuring 15, Daily Pakistan reported.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - The church was said to be holding pray ceremony when two suicide bomber stormed in and exploded themselves, Balochistan Home Minister Sarfaraz Bugti confirmed to media here on Sunday.
A woman was among those killed. A large contingent of police and Frontier Corps (FC) personnel have surrounded the attack site and are conducting a search operation.
A bomb disposal team is on standby.
An emergency has been declared in the city’s hospitals.
No individual or group has claimed the responsibility of the blast.
According to local officials, 8 people killed and more than 40 injured in this suicide blast. Given the large number of the injured, the death toll expected to rise.
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