Islamic state says it was behind Pakistan market suicide bombing

FILE PHOTO: Rescue workers and army soldiers gather at the site of a blast at a vegetable market in Quetta, Pakistan April 12, 2019. REUTERS/Naseer Ahmed - Copyright NASEER AHMED(Reuters)

By Reuters

Published on 13/04/2019 - 15:02•Updated 26/04/2024 - 15:53

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CAIRO (Reuters) - Islamic State claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing that killed at least 18 people in a Pakistan market, the group's Amaq news agency said on Saturday.

The attack ripped through an outdoor Pakistani market on Friday, killing at least 18 people, half of them ethnic Hazaras, officials said, in an attack apparently aimed at minority Shi'ite Muslims.

(Reporting by Ahmed Tolba; Editing by Angus MacSwan)

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Islamic state says it was behind Pakistan market suicide bombing

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