QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A health official says the death toll from a bombing at a rally in southwestern Pakistan celebrating the birthday of Islam’s prophet has jumped to 52.
Abdul Rasheed, the District Health Officer in Mastung in Baluchistan, said Friday that 30 bodies were taken to one hospital and 22 others were counted at a second hospital.QUETTA, Pakistan — A powerful bomb exploded near a mosque at a rally celebrating the birthday of Islam's Prophet Muhammad in southwestern Pakistan on Friday, killing at least 35 people and injuring nearly 70 others, police and a government official said.
Those injured in the blast were taken to nearby hospitals and some were in critical condition, government administrator Atta Ullah said. Friday's bombing came days after authorities asked police to remain on maximum alert, saying militants could target rallies making the birthday of Islam's prophet. In a statement, caretaker Interior Minister Sarfraz Bugti denounced the bombing and expressed sorrow and grief over the loss of lives. He said it was a “heinous act” to target people in the Mawlid an-Nabi procession.
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