Karachi, April 13
A Pakistani senate panel on Saturday sought a report from the interior ministry on the action taken against terrorists and banned outfits involved in the killing of Hazara Shias, a day after an ISIS suicide blast targeting the minority community killed 21 persons in restive Balochistan.
A meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on Interior took serious notice of the two deadly terror attacks in Balochistan province on Friday. In the first attack, an ISIS suicide bomber blew himself in the Hazarganj fruits and vegetable market in provincial capital Quetta, killing 21 persons and injuring 60 others, mostly Hazaras. Those killed included 10 members of the Hazara Shia community, two children and security personnel. In the second attack in the evening in Chaman city, two civilians were killed and 10 others injured when militants planted an improvised explosive device (IED) on a motorcycle parked on Mall Road. The blast occurred when a Frontier Corps vehicle carrying troops was passing through.
ISIS on Saturday released a photograph of the suicide attacker along with his name and said the attack targeted Shia Muslims, according to the Site Intelligence Group, which monitors jihadist activities. “The Islamic State’s Khorasan Province claimed killing and wounding 70 Hazara Shias and Pakistani soldiers in a suicide bombing in Quetta,” it said. The Pakistani officials have repeatedly denied presence of ISIS in the country, but the Middle-Eastern terror group has claimed a number of attacks in the past. —PTI
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