At least 20 people, includ­ing eight Hazara commun­ity member­s and an FC soldie­r were martyr­ed in Friday’s attack­CAIRO: The Islamic State militant organisation, also known by its Arabic acronym Da’ish, has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing that martyred at least 20 people in Quetta’s vegetable market, the group’s Amaq news agency said on Saturday. The attack ripped through the outdoor market on Friday, martyring at least 20 people – including eight members of the Shia Hazara community and a soldier of the paramilitary Frontier Corps (FC) – and injuring 48 others. Interestingly, the terrorist attack was also claimed by a faction of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), which on Friday said it collaborated with the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ). Apart from police officials, Balochistan Home Minister Zia Langove had also confirmed that vegetable vendors belonging to the ethnic Hazara community were the target. As the protests continued into the night, terrorists then targeted a busy market in the border town of Chaman using an improvised explosive device, martyring one man and injuring 11 others including two FC personnel.

Source: The Express Tribune April 13, 2019 14:03 UTC