×
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT

26 killed as bombers strike house of military Cdr in Quetta

Last Updated 04 May 2018, 03:12 IST

The suicide bombers, who detonated more than 90 kgs of explosives, in and around the house of Deputy Inspector General of the para-military force 'Frontier Corps' (FC), Brigadier Khuram Shehzad, missed him but killed his wife, a colonel and many other soldiers.

"Twenty four bodies have so far been recovered in the twin suicide attack in which the residence of the Brigadier was totally damaged. The DIG himself is critically injured," Duniya television quoted local police chief Hamid Shakil as saying.

The TV channel said more bodies were buried under the rubble. Two of the dead were children travelling in a rickshaw on the road in front of the house.
Claiming the responsibility for the attack -- first such incident in Quetta -- the Taliban spokesman said it was in revenge against the arrests of some top militants,
including Younis al Mauritani and two others.

In the blasts, the first suicide bomber detonated his car laden with 90 kgs of explosives next to a group of Frontier Corps soldiers and officers standing in front of their commander's house, while the second attacker managed to sneak into the premises and blew himself up inside. The house, located in a highly guarded area of Quetta, capital of Balochistan province, was blown up by the impact of the twin blasts, local police chief Hamid Shakil said.

ADVERTISEMENT
(Published 07 September 2011, 03:47 IST)

Follow us on

ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT