{"id":10589,"date":"2012-06-29T05:46:24","date_gmt":"2012-06-29T12:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=10589"},"modified":"2012-06-29T05:46:24","modified_gmt":"2012-06-29T12:46:24","slug":"bus-attacked-near-quetta-killing-at-least-30-shia-pilgrims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=10589","title":{"rendered":"Bus Attacked near Quetta killing at least 30 Shia Pilgrims"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shia Pilgrims Bus attacked by a Rocket near Quetta , 13 Martyred over 30 injured<\/strong>
\n29 June, 2012 – Jafria News<\/p>\n

JNN 29 June 2012 QUETTA: A blast in the Hazarganji area of Quetta targeted a bus carrying Shia pilgrims from Taftan to the provincial capital on Thursday, Express News reported. 14 people were Martyred and 30 were injured as a result of the blast.<\/p>\n

Eyewitnesses said that the bus was carrying pilgrims from Taftan and it was targeted when it was passing near a fruit market in the Hazarganji area. Around 15-20kg explosives were used in the blast. A woman and a policeman are also among the dead.<\/p>\n

Some eyewitnesses have also claimed that the blast was a suicide attack, officials have not confirmed this as yet.<\/p>\n

Casualties could rise because of serious condition of the injured victims. The victims are reported to be mostly Shia Hazaras .<\/p>\n

Initial reports also state that four policemen on the mobile were injured after the blast.<\/p>\n

There is no confirmation on the nature of the blast as yet.<\/p>\n

It has also been reported that the bus was destroyed as a result of the blast.<\/p>\n

The injured were shifted to Civil hospital and Bolan Medical Complex.<\/p>\n

Almost all the Shia Organisations and Leaders have condemned the attack , while the Allama Raja Nasir Abbas Jafri ,General Sec of Majlis e Wahdat e Muslimeen , have announced a three day Official Mourning in respect for the martyred and the Injured Victims , While the Hazara Democratic Party have announced a Shutter down Strike on Friday , to be observed in Quetta and adjacent areas. The Tehrik e Jafria Pakistan have also condemned the attack and have asked the Government to take a swift action against the detoriating Law & Order Situation of Balochistan , and especially the Shia Target Killing , which have escalated in the recent Past , as there is no Law and Order in whole of the Balochistan Province , as it looks that the Government have lost its writ , and the terrorist have the freedom to invoke all kinds of terrorist acts in the Province.<\/p>\n

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