BEIRUT: The Islamic State group (Daesh) on Monday claimed it was behind a suicide bombing that tore through a hospital in Quetta, killing at least 70 people, the IS-linked Amaq news agency said.
"A martyrdom bomber of the Islamic State detonates his explosive belt on a group of personnel belonging to the Ministry of Justice and the Pakistani Police in the city of Quetta," Amaq said.
The bomber struck a crowd of some 200 people gathered at the Civil Hospital in the Balochistan provincial capital of Quetta after the fatal shooting of a senior local lawyer earlier in the day.
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