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Powerful bomb rips through civil hospital in Pakistan's Quetta

The blast took place shortly after the body of a lawyer killed in a shooting attack earlier in the day was brought in to the hospital.

By :  naren pulloor
Update: 2016-08-08 09:10 GMT
At least 55 people, mostly lawyers, were killed and over 100 injured when a powerful bomb ripped through a government-run hospital in Quetta in Pakistan's restive southwestern Balochistan province, in a suspected suicide attack followed by gunfire.
A heavy contingent of Frontier Corps and police arrived and cordoned off the area.
The provincial capital has been at the receiving end of several such acts of terror.
Police said unknown men also opened fire after the blast.
People comfort each other following a bomb blast in Quetta, Pakistan.
Panic tore through the hospital after the incident and emergency has been declared at hospitals in Quetta.
The blast took place shortly after the body of a lawyer killed in a shooting attack earlier in the day was brought in on Monday.
The loud explosion was heard after the president of Balochistan Bar Association (BA) Advocate Bilal Anwar Kasi was shot dead by unidentified assailants in the provincial capital.
The blast took place shortly after the body of a lawyer killed in a shooting attack earlier in the day was brought in to the hospital.

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