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.
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. 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
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Police and a paramilitary soldier are seen after an explosion at a luxury hotel in Quetta, Pakistan April 21, 2021. Reuters pic
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QUETTA (Pakistan), April 22 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 yesterday.
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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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)
22 Apr 2021 05:37PM (Updated:
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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.