A blast at the accident and emergency department of a hospital in Pakistan’s Quetta, where a group of mourning lawyers were gathered to accompany the body of a murdered colleague, has killed and wounded dozens.
At least 40 people were killed in the suicide blast on Monday, hospital sources and Muhammad Ali, a paramedic in charge of the Edhi rescue operation, confirmed to Al Jazeera.
More than 50 others were wounded, the sources said.
“The blast occurred after a number of lawyers and some journalists had gathered at the hospital following the death of the president of the Balochistan Bar Association in a separate shooting incident early this morning,” said Balochistan Home Minister Sarfraz Bugti.
Many of the dead appeared to be wearing black suits and ties.