Bomb blast in crowded Pakistani market kills 11

ASSAILANTS set off a powerful time bomb next to an army truck parked in a teeming outdoor market in southwestern Pakistan yesterday, killing at least 11 people and injuring more than two dozen others.

Bomb blast in crowded Pakistani market kills 11

The bomb, hidden on a bicycle, blew out windows, shredded the truck’s canvas cover and left blood and debris over a wide area of the Quetta market, said police chief Rehmat Ullah.

The dead included one soldier and 10 vendors and passersby, Pervez Bhatti, a senior police official, told Geo television. Several of the 27 injured people were in critical condition.

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