Thursday, January 10, 2013

Multiple Terrorist Bombings In Pakistan Kill Over 100



String Of Bombings Kill 101, Injure 200 In Pakistan -- Reuters

At least 101 people were killed in bombings in two cities in Pakistan on Thursday, officials said, with most casualties caused by sectarian attacks in the city of Quetta.

Two coordinated explosions killed at least 69 people and injured more than 100 in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan, on Thursday evening, said Deputy Inspector of Police Hamid Shakil.

The first of two coordinated attacks in Quetta on Thursday evening's attack, in a snooker hall, appeared to be a suicide bombing, local residents said. About ten minutes later, a car bomb went off, they said. Five policemen and a cameraman were among the dead from that blast.

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More News On Today's Terrorist Bombings In Pakistan

Bombings kill 115 people in Pakistan -- Bloomberg Businessweek/AP
Bombings kill 103 people in Pakistan, including 69 in attack on billiard hall -- Washington Post/AP
String of bombings kill 101, injure 200 in Pakistan -- Reuters
Blasts rip through Pakistani city; 81 dead -- CNN
Scores killed in multiple Pakistan bombings -- Al Jazeera
Pakistan blasts: 'Dozens killed' at Quetta snooker hall -- BBC

WNU Editor: This is a developing story. An update on this story will be done later tonight.

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