Pakistan Taliban Claim Deadly Blast At Luxury Hotel
04/22/21 AT 4:42 AM
The Pakistan Taliban claimed responsibility Thursday for a deadly bomb blast at a luxury hotel hosting the Chinese ambassador in the southwest of the country, as officials raised the death toll to five.
Beijing said it strongly condemned the attack, although the Taliban said Pakistan security officials were the target of the blast.
The bomb was placed in a car parked at the Serena hotel part of a five-star chain popular with diplomats and detonated late Wednesday in the city of Quetta, capital of Balochistan province.
Pakistan is fighting several low-level insurgencies in the impoverished province waged by Islamist, separatist and sectarian groups.
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Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan expressed on Thursday the commitment that to not allow the scourge of terrorism to rise again in the country as the nation made great sacrifices in defeating it.
The premier s remarks came a day after at least five people, including two private security guards, were killed and 12 others injured in a powerful blast that took place in the parking lot of Serena Hotel, Quetta on Wednesday night.
In a tweet, Imran said that he was deeply saddened by the loss of innocent lives in the condemnable and cowardly terrorist attack in Quetta.
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Pakistan Taliban claim deadly blast at luxury hotel hosting Chinese ambassador
The bomb was placed in a car parked at the Serena hotel in Quetta - part of a five-star chain popular with diplomats. (Photo: AFP/Banaras Khan)
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QUETTA, Pakistan: The Pakistan Taliban claimed responsibility on Thursday (Apr 22) for a deadly bomb blast at a luxury hotel hosting the Chinese ambassador in the south-west of the country, as officials raised the death toll to five.
Beijing said it strongly condemned the attack, although the Taliban said Pakistan security officials were the target of the blast.
2021-04-22 17:41:08 GMT2021-04-23 01:41:08(Beijing Time) Sina English
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Security personnel and firefighters arrive at the site of an explosion in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta on Wednesday.
The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility on Thursday for a deadly suicide blast at a luxury hotel hosting the Chinese ambassador to Pakistan in the southwest of the country, as officials raised the death toll to five.
China said it strongly condemned the attack, although the Taliban said Pakistan security officials were the target of the blast.
The bomber detonated the explosives on Wednesday while inside a vehicle in the car park of the Serena Hotel, part of a five-star chain popular with diplomats and aid agencies, in the city of Quetta, capital of Balochistan province, police and the interior ministry said.
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AFP, QUETTA, Pakistan
The Pakistani Taliban yesterday claimed responsibility for a deadly suicide blast at a luxury hotel hosting the Chinese ambassador in the southwest of the nation, as Pakistani officials raised the death toll to five.
Beijing said it strongly condemned the attack, although the Taliban said Pakistani security officials were the target of the blast.
The bomber detonated the explosives late on Wednesday while inside a vehicle in the parking lot of the Serena hotel part of a five-star chain popular with diplomats and aid agencies in Quetta, the capital of Balochistan Province, the Pakistani Ministry of Interior said.