Fourteen female students killed in Quetta blast

QUETTA: At least fourteen female students were killed and several others injured when a blast hit a bus near a women's only university on Baruri road, Geo News reported.According to police, the bomb...

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Fourteen female students killed in Quetta blast
QUETTA: At least fourteen female students were killed and several others injured when a blast hit a bus near a women's only university on Baruri road, Geo News reported.

According to police, the bomb was planted inside the bus parked on the premises of the university.

An emergency was announced in the Bolan Medical Compelex where the dead and injured were shifted after the blast. Hospital sources said several were in critical condition.

An hour after the women’s university blast, another blast took place in the Bolan Medical Complex. Following the blast terrorists laid siege to the complex.

The attack came hours after militants attacked Quaid-e-Azam residency in Ziarat area of Balochistan, resting place of Pakistan's founding father Muhammad Ali Jinnah, with rocket attacks.

According to reports, a larger portion of the building was destroyed in the attack.