A suicide attack at a Pakistani hospital has left 63 dead and more than 50 wounded, according to The Christian Post.
Officials said the attack appeared to have been pre-planned because the
perpetrator targeted mourners who were gathered in the hospital’s
emergency department to honor a prominent lawyer who had been shot and
killed earlier in the day.
"It seems it was a pre-planned attack," said Anwar ul Haq Kakar, a government spokesman.
More than 100 people had been gathered at the hospital to mourn the
fallen lawyer. Perpetrators of the attack were reportedly aware of the
lawyer’s death and the gathering at the hospital when they decided to
carry out the attack.
Chaos broke out at the hospital in the aftermath of the attack, with people running to escape the smoke and debris.
At this time, no terrorist group has taken responsibility for the
attack which took place in the city of Quetta in Pakistan’s Baluchistan
province--a region often plagued by violence.
In January, a suicide attack killed 15 people outside a polio
eradication center in the region. Quetta is known for being the base of
the Afghan Taliban.
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