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IS claims Pakistan hospital attack

Tue Aug 9, 2016 10:55 AM
Last update on: Tue Aug 9, 2016 01:18 PM

Reuters, Cairo

Tue Aug 9, 2016 10:55 AM Last update on: Tue Aug 9, 2016 01:18 PM

Suicide bomber killed seventy people in Pakistan

People across Pakistan have paid tribute to the victims of the Quetta bombing. Photo: Reuters

Islamic State claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing in Pakistan that killed at least 70 people and wounded more than a hundred on Monday in an attack on mourners gathered at a hospital in Quetta, the group's Amaq news agency reported.

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"A martyr from the Islamic State detonated his explosive belt at a gathering of justice ministry employees and Pakistani policemen in the city of Quetta," Amaq said.

The Pakistani Taliban faction Jamaat-ur-Ahrar has also claimed responsibility for the attack.