Dozens of lawyers killed by suicide bomber in Pakistan

A suicide bomber killed at least 64 people yesterday and wounded dozens in an attack that struck a gathering of Pakistani lawyers on the grounds of a government-run hospital in the southwestern city of Quetta.

Witnesses described horrifying scenes of bodies being scattered about and the wounded screaming for help. A breakaway faction of the Taliban in Pakistan claimed responsibility.

In a statement, Ahsanullah Ahsan, spokesman for Jamaat-ul-Ahrar militant group, also said their men killed Bilal Kasi, the president of Baluchistan Bar Association.