Bomb blast kills 11 at rally in southwestern Pakistan

3/9/2025 17:46

A bomb blast killed

at least 11 people at a public rally in the southwestern

Pakistani city of Quetta late on Tuesday, officials said.



Government official Hamza Shafaat said the rally was held to

commemorate the anniversary of the death of Sardar Ataullah

Mengal, a nationalist leader and former provincial chief

minister.



His son Sardar Akhtar Mengal, who was in attendance, is

safe, Shafaat said, adding that another 30 people were injured.



"The reports we have say that the bomb went off in a parking

area as the people were leaving the rally," he said.



Police were investigating the blast, which appeared to be a

suicide bombing, police official Athar Rasheed said.



No one has claimed responsibility.



Quetta is the capital of restive Balochistan province, which

borders Afghanistan and Iran.



Both Islamist militants and Baloch separatist insurgents

operate in the region.