Hundreds have been inside the Shah Noorani shrine located some 100 kilometers north of Karachi. The death toll is feared to rise with women and children casualties in the blast.
Over 40 ppl feared killed, more than 100 injured in Shah Noorani #shrine #blast, #Balochistan’s #Lasbella dist. Rescue on #Pakistan #news pic.twitter.com/AhcryWwoxn
— pallab ghosh (@pallabghosh) 12 ноября 2016 г.
Rescue teams have arrived at the site and transport those wounded to hospitals. A representative of the social welfare Edhi Foundation told Pakistani news channel Geo TV that over 100 people were injured, adding that more than 10 ambulances of the foundation were transporting them to hospitals.
Shocked at blast in Khuzdar, Balochistan at shrine of Shah Noorani: terrible loss of life. Govt must immed send helis to this remote area
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) 12 ноября 2016 г.
Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif condemned the attack and ordered to bring the perpetrators of the explosion to justice.
Blast inside shrine in Hub, Pakistan kills 30 https://t.co/pPOqpmBgVc pic.twitter.com/XboIs8Dp6S
— NCT Facts (@NCTfacts) 12 ноября 2016 г.
Troubled Pakistan's Balochistan province has seen the surge of attacks in 2016, one of them had been claimed by a Daesh-linked Islamist group.
