At least four people dead after bombing in hotel parking lot in southwestern Pakistan

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Security forces were rushing to the hotel in the city of Quetta and no one was being allowed near the site of the blast

A police officer and rescue workers arrive at the scene of a bombing in Quetta, Pakistan, on April 21, 2021.A powerful bomb exploded in the parking area of a luxury hotel in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta on Wednesday, killing at least four people and wounding at least nine others, police said.

Southwestern Baluchistan province is the scene of a long-running insurgency by secessionist groups like the Baluchistan Liberation Front and the Baluchistan Liberation Army. They have for decades staged attacks to press their demands for independence. The Pakistani Taliban also have a presence there.Liaquat Shahwani, a provincial government spokesman. called the bombing an act of terrorism without elaborating. “Enemies of Pakistan are behind today’s attack,” he said.

Wasim Beg, a spokesperson at the provincial health department, said four people died and 12 were wounded in the bombing.

 

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