Tag: Quetta Crime scene

  • Quetta railway station blast leaves 24 dead

    Quetta railway station blast leaves 24 dead

    At least 24 people were killed and 46 injured on Saturday morning in a bomb blast at Quetta Railway Station.

    Speaking to journalists, Quetta Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Operations Mohammad Baloch said that the explosion seemed to be a “suicide blast,” adding that an investigation is underway to probe the nature of the blast.

    “The blast took place inside the railway station when the Peshawar-bound express was about to leave for its destination at 9 am,” Mohammad Baloch stated.

    According to the SSP Operations, around 150-200 passengers were present at the Quetta railway station when the blast occurred.

    Balochistan government spokesperson Shahid Rind confirmed the casualties and revealed that several people were wounded in the explosion, out of whom ten were in critical situation.
     


    Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti condemned the attack and ordered an immediate investigation of the powerful explosion, noting that terrorists who target innocent people do not deserve any sympathy.

    Meanwhile, the banned and militant outfit Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility for the explosion.

    Earlier, train service had been suspended in the province on August 26, following a blast carried out by the BLA, which destroyed the railway bridge between Kolpur and Mach.

    Nine people, including five school-going children, had also been killed, and 29 were injured in a blast near girls schools in Mastung, Balochistan district on November 1.

  • Quetta teenager kills younger boy after getting inspired by crime series

    Quetta teenager kills younger boy after getting inspired by crime series

    Quetta police have arrested a teenager as a suspect in the murder of a young boy whose partially burned corpse was found on September 20.

    The incident took place in Hazara Town, the provincial capital of Balochistan.

    SSP Serious Crimes Unit Zohaib Mohsin told a press conference on Sunday that the police arrested Mushtaq Hussain, also known as Mehdi, for killing Arman Ali.

    He told media that the suspect confessed during the investigation to have planned the crime after watching scenes from a crime series on social media.

    Mushtaq explained how he executed the plan to the police team. He took a knife and a hammer, hid them in a school bag, and went to the crime scene, where he found a boy flying a kite. Luring the boy with a juice packet, he then attacked him.

    He maintained that he did not know the boy and claimed he acted based on what he had seen in the series.

    Victim’s father Muhammad Naeem registered a case with the police after which the police started an investigation.

    Dawn reports that the investigation involved geo-fencing of the crime scene and examining footage from nearby CCTV cameras with the assistance of Frontier Corps Balochistan.

    Suspicious individuals were brought in for questioning. However, Mushtaq was included in the investigation on Sept 29, SSP told the media.