Taliban targets heavily fortified hotel hosting the Chinese ambassador in Pakistani city of Quetta in suicide blast killing four and wounding 11
The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing on a Pakistani hotel in the city of Quetta
The blast targeted a car park beside the heavily-fortified hotel which is next to the Iranian Consulate
Pakistani officials said the Chinese Ambassador was staying at the hotel but was uninjured in the blast
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Deadly blast at Pakistan hotel hosting China ambassador kills at least 4 people
Smoke blows from a burning vehicles at the site of bomb blast in Quetta, Pakistan, on Apr 21, 2021. (Photo: AP/Arshad Butt)
22 Apr 2021 03:21AM (Updated:
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QUETTA, Pakistan: At least four people were killed and a dozen others wounded when a bomb exploded at a top hotel hosting the Chinese ambassador in southwestern Pakistan, officials said late Wednesday (Apr 21).
The blast took place in the car park of the Serena - a luxury hotel chain throughout Pakistan - in the city of Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province where the military has been fighting a decade-long low level insurgency.
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Four people were killed and over a dozen others injured when an explosive-laden vehicle exploded inside the parking lot of a hotel in Pakistan`s Quetta city
Terror group Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility in a text message to journalist
40 kg of explosives were used in the attack
Quetta: A car bomb blast late on Wednesday (April 21) ripped through a luxury hotel s parking area in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta, killing four people and wounding 11, officials said.
China s ambassador to Pakistan was staying at the hotel, but was not there when the bomb exploded, said Pakistan s Interior Minister, Sheikh Rashid Ahmad.
Pakistan blast: Car bombing at Quetta hotel kills 4, wounds 11
Pakistan blast: Car bombing at Quetta hotel kills 4, wounds 11
China s Ambassador to Pakistan was staying at the hotel, but was not there when the bomb exploded, said Pak s interior Minister, Sheikh Rashid Ahmad. Police and a paramilitary soldier are seen after an explosion at a luxury hotel in Quetta. (Photo: Reuters)
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Updated: Apr 22, 2021, 10:35 AM IST
A car bomb blast late on Wednesday ripped through a luxury hotel s parking area in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta, killing four people and wounding 11, officials said. China s ambassador to Pakistan was staying at the hotel, but was not there when the bomb exploded, said Pakistan s Interior Minister, Sheikh Rashid Ahmad.
India’s nefarious designs against Pakistan will fail: Sheikh Rasheed
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Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed.
ISLAMABAD: Following a powerful blast in Quetta, Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed said that India’s nefarious designs against Pakistan will fail and attempts to create the law and order situation in the country will not succeed.
In a statement after the Quetta attack, Sheikh Rasheed vowed to foil all efforts to damage the hard-earned peace in Pakistan.
At least five people were killed and 10 injured in the explosion in one of the city s most secured locality near Serena Chowk on Wednesday.
Rasheed said that a vehicle somehow managed to enter the hotel, adding that hotel security [staff] is fine, one or two personnel are injured.