At least 24 killed in Pakistan train station bomb blast, police say

Islamabad grappling with a surge in strikes by ethnic and Islamist militants

People comfort each others as they mourn for their relatives, who died in a bomb explosion at railway station, outside a hospital in Quetta, southwestern Pakistan, on Nov. 9. © AP

November 9, 2024 15:43 JST

QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) -- At least 24 people were killed and more than 40 injured in a bomb blast at a railway station in Quetta in southwestern Pakistan on Saturday, police and other officials told Reuters.

Pakistan is grappling with a surge in strikes by separatist ethnic militants in the south and Islamist militants in its northwest.