ISLAMABAD, May 6 (APP): The United States Embassy in Pakistan strongly deplored Friday’s indiscriminate attack in Quetta, which killed eight innocent people and injured many others.In a statement, a US embassy Spokesman said, “Our thoughts and sympathies are with the victims and their families. The senseless killing of innocent civilians is an affront to the people of Pakistan and to all humanity.”
The Spokesman said this attack underscores the threat that terrorism poses to Pakistan and all nations of the world.
“All must stand together in common purpose and take resolute action to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat terrorist organizations,” he added.
Source,
http://app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=138606&Itemid=2
Friday, May 6, 2011
کوئٹہ: پارک میں حملہ، چھ ہلاک
پولیس نے اس واقعہ کو فرقہ وارانہ دھشت گردی قرار دیا ہے
بلوچستان کے دارالحکومت کوئٹہ میں نامعلوم افراد کی جانب سے فائرنگ اور راکٹوں کے ایک حملے میں چھ افراد ہلاک اور دس زخمی ہوگئے ہیں۔
زخمیوں میں سے بعض کی حالت تشویشناک ہے۔
کوئٹہ سے بی بی سی کے نامہ نگار ایوب ترین کے مطابق جمعہ کی صبح تقریباً ساڑے چھ بجے کوئٹہ کےمغربی بائی پاس کے قریب ہزارہ ٹاؤن میں واقع ایک گراؤنڈ پر اس وقت نامعلوم افراد نے راکٹ اور کلاشنکوف سے فائرنگ کی جب وہاں لوگوں کی ایک بڑی تعداد صبح کی سیر کرنے کے علاوہ فٹ بال اور کرکٹ کے کھیل میں مصروف تھی۔
اس فائرنگ سے چھ افراد ہلاک اور دس زخمی ہوگئے جنہیں فوری طور پر بولان میڈیکل کمپلیکس اور سی ایم ایچ منتقل کیا گیا جہاں ڈاکٹروں نے بعض زخمیوں کی حالت تشویشناک بتائی ہے۔
بولان میڈیکل کمپلیکس میں ہلاک اور زخمی ہونے والوں کے رشتہ داروں نے ڈاکٹروں کی غیر موجودگی پر بھی احتجاج کیا ہے۔
عینی شاہدین کے مطابق تین گاڑیوں میں سوار مسلح افراد نے وہاں آ کر گراؤنڈ میں موجود افراد پر پہلے تین راکٹ فائرکیے بعد میں کلاشنکوفوں سے اندھادند فائرنگ کی جس کے باعث جانی نقصان زیادہ ہوا ہے۔
پولیس کے مطابق واقعہ میں ہلاک ہونے والوں میں سے زیادہ تر کا تعلق شیعہ مسلک سے ہے جبکہ کالعدم تنظیم لشکرِ جھنگوی نے اس حملے کی ذمہ داری قبول کر لی ہے۔
پولیس نے اس واقعہ کو فرقہ وارانہ دہشتگردی قرار دے کر نامعلوم افراد کے خلاف مقدمہ درج کر کے ان کی کی تلاش شروع کر دی ہے۔
واقعہ کے خلاف مشتعل مظاہرین نے کوئٹہ کے مغربی بائی پاس روڈ احتجاجاً بند کر کے مطالبہ کیا ہے کہ واقعہ میں ملوث افراد کو فوری طور پرگرفتار کیا جائے، تاہم بعد میں پولیس اور سیکورٹی فورسز کی بھاری نفری نے موقع پر پہنچ کر مظاہرین سے مذاکرات کیے اور راستہ بحال کروایا۔
Source,
http://www.bbc.co.uk/urdu/pakistan/2011/05/110505_quetta_killing_a.shtml
بلوچستان کے دارالحکومت کوئٹہ میں نامعلوم افراد کی جانب سے فائرنگ اور راکٹوں کے ایک حملے میں چھ افراد ہلاک اور دس زخمی ہوگئے ہیں۔
زخمیوں میں سے بعض کی حالت تشویشناک ہے۔
کوئٹہ سے بی بی سی کے نامہ نگار ایوب ترین کے مطابق جمعہ کی صبح تقریباً ساڑے چھ بجے کوئٹہ کےمغربی بائی پاس کے قریب ہزارہ ٹاؤن میں واقع ایک گراؤنڈ پر اس وقت نامعلوم افراد نے راکٹ اور کلاشنکوف سے فائرنگ کی جب وہاں لوگوں کی ایک بڑی تعداد صبح کی سیر کرنے کے علاوہ فٹ بال اور کرکٹ کے کھیل میں مصروف تھی۔
اس فائرنگ سے چھ افراد ہلاک اور دس زخمی ہوگئے جنہیں فوری طور پر بولان میڈیکل کمپلیکس اور سی ایم ایچ منتقل کیا گیا جہاں ڈاکٹروں نے بعض زخمیوں کی حالت تشویشناک بتائی ہے۔
بولان میڈیکل کمپلیکس میں ہلاک اور زخمی ہونے والوں کے رشتہ داروں نے ڈاکٹروں کی غیر موجودگی پر بھی احتجاج کیا ہے۔
عینی شاہدین کے مطابق تین گاڑیوں میں سوار مسلح افراد نے وہاں آ کر گراؤنڈ میں موجود افراد پر پہلے تین راکٹ فائرکیے بعد میں کلاشنکوفوں سے اندھادند فائرنگ کی جس کے باعث جانی نقصان زیادہ ہوا ہے۔
پولیس کے مطابق واقعہ میں ہلاک ہونے والوں میں سے زیادہ تر کا تعلق شیعہ مسلک سے ہے جبکہ کالعدم تنظیم لشکرِ جھنگوی نے اس حملے کی ذمہ داری قبول کر لی ہے۔
پولیس نے اس واقعہ کو فرقہ وارانہ دہشتگردی قرار دے کر نامعلوم افراد کے خلاف مقدمہ درج کر کے ان کی کی تلاش شروع کر دی ہے۔
واقعہ کے خلاف مشتعل مظاہرین نے کوئٹہ کے مغربی بائی پاس روڈ احتجاجاً بند کر کے مطالبہ کیا ہے کہ واقعہ میں ملوث افراد کو فوری طور پرگرفتار کیا جائے، تاہم بعد میں پولیس اور سیکورٹی فورسز کی بھاری نفری نے موقع پر پہنچ کر مظاہرین سے مذاکرات کیے اور راستہ بحال کروایا۔
Source,
http://www.bbc.co.uk/urdu/pakistan/2011/05/110505_quetta_killing_a.shtml
8 killed in rocket attack in Quetta, SW Pakistan
12:06, May 06, 2011
At least eight people were killed early Friday morning as unknown militants fired rockets at the people doing exercises at a soccer ground in the Hazara town of Quetta, a capital city of Balochistan province in southwest Pakistan, reported local English TV channel Express.
According to the local media reports, the attack took place at about 7:00 a.m. local time when six to eight unknown militants riding in two cars attacked the people who were doing morning exercises in a soccer ground in the city.
The militants first fired indiscriminately at the people in the ground, then fired three rockets at them, said eyewitnesses.
The attackers fled the scene after a brief fire exchange with the police. Police have cordoned off the area and the dead and injured have been shifted to nearby hospital.
Hospital sources said that some of the injured were in critical condition and the death toll could further rise.
Friday morning's incident is the third terrorist attack reported in Pakistan since the killing of the al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden in the country's northwest city of Abbottabad in an early Monday morning's operation conducted by the U.S. special task force. Pakistan Taliban (TTP) vowed to avenge the killing of bin Laden by threatening terrorist attacks in the country.
On Thursday evening, the police in the country's northwestern Dera Ismail Khan district foiled an attempt by two suicide bombers to attack a checkpoint in the district. Police fired at the two suicide bombers before they reached the checkpoint in a car laden with an estimated 120 kg of explosives. The firing caused a huge blast of the car which killed the two men inside right on the spot.
On Monday afternoon, immediately following the killing of Osama bin Laden, a blast in a mosque in the city of Charsadda in northwestern Pakistan killed four people and injured 11 others as most of them were police or police family members as the mosque is close to a police station in the city.
Source: Xinhua
At least eight people were killed early Friday morning as unknown militants fired rockets at the people doing exercises at a soccer ground in the Hazara town of Quetta, a capital city of Balochistan province in southwest Pakistan, reported local English TV channel Express.
According to the local media reports, the attack took place at about 7:00 a.m. local time when six to eight unknown militants riding in two cars attacked the people who were doing morning exercises in a soccer ground in the city.
The militants first fired indiscriminately at the people in the ground, then fired three rockets at them, said eyewitnesses.
The attackers fled the scene after a brief fire exchange with the police. Police have cordoned off the area and the dead and injured have been shifted to nearby hospital.
Hospital sources said that some of the injured were in critical condition and the death toll could further rise.
Friday morning's incident is the third terrorist attack reported in Pakistan since the killing of the al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden in the country's northwest city of Abbottabad in an early Monday morning's operation conducted by the U.S. special task force. Pakistan Taliban (TTP) vowed to avenge the killing of bin Laden by threatening terrorist attacks in the country.
On Thursday evening, the police in the country's northwestern Dera Ismail Khan district foiled an attempt by two suicide bombers to attack a checkpoint in the district. Police fired at the two suicide bombers before they reached the checkpoint in a car laden with an estimated 120 kg of explosives. The firing caused a huge blast of the car which killed the two men inside right on the spot.
On Monday afternoon, immediately following the killing of Osama bin Laden, a blast in a mosque in the city of Charsadda in northwestern Pakistan killed four people and injured 11 others as most of them were police or police family members as the mosque is close to a police station in the city.
Source: Xinhua
Militants kill at least 6 in Pakistan
By the CNN Wire Staff
May 6, 2011 -- Updated 0901 GMT (1701 HKT)
Pakistani Shiite Muslims gather during a road block protest in Quetta on Friday following the attack
(CNN) -- Militants in two vehicles fired a rocket and guns at people in southwestern Pakistan on Friday, leaving six dead and nine injured, a senior police official said.
The militants targeted a graveyard in Hazara area, said Muhammad Dawood Junejo, a Quetta police officer.
"Initially, they fired a rocket and then started firing on people in the graveyard," the officer said.
The officer said the incident seems to be an act of sectarian attack.
Quetta is the capital of the Balochistan province, which has had militant attacks in the past.
Last year, about 50 minority Shiites were killed when a suicide bomber struck an Al Quds rally in September.
May 6, 2011 -- Updated 0901 GMT (1701 HKT)
Pakistani Shiite Muslims gather during a road block protest in Quetta on Friday following the attack
(CNN) -- Militants in two vehicles fired a rocket and guns at people in southwestern Pakistan on Friday, leaving six dead and nine injured, a senior police official said.
The militants targeted a graveyard in Hazara area, said Muhammad Dawood Junejo, a Quetta police officer.
"Initially, they fired a rocket and then started firing on people in the graveyard," the officer said.
The officer said the incident seems to be an act of sectarian attack.
Quetta is the capital of the Balochistan province, which has had militant attacks in the past.
Last year, about 50 minority Shiites were killed when a suicide bomber struck an Al Quds rally in September.
Thursday, May 5, 2011
At least 8 Pakistani Shi'ites (Hazaras) killed in suspected militant attack
ISLAMABAD | Thu May 5, 2011 10:52pm EDT
ISLAMABAD May 6 (Reuters) - Suspected Islamist militants on Friday opened fire on a group of Pakistani Shi'ites in the southwestern town of Quetta, killing at least 8 and wounding 10, police said.
Police official Hamid Shakil said the Shi'ites were in a neighbourhood park when they were shot at. The attackers fled, he said.
Sunni Muslim militants often attack Shi'ites, which they view as heretics. Friday's shooting comes a few days after U.S. commandos killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Pakistan.
(Reporting by Zeeshan Haider, editing by Miral Fahmy)
ISLAMABAD May 6 (Reuters) - Suspected Islamist militants on Friday opened fire on a group of Pakistani Shi'ites in the southwestern town of Quetta, killing at least 8 and wounding 10, police said.
Police official Hamid Shakil said the Shi'ites were in a neighbourhood park when they were shot at. The attackers fled, he said.
Sunni Muslim militants often attack Shi'ites, which they view as heretics. Friday's shooting comes a few days after U.S. commandos killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Pakistan.
(Reporting by Zeeshan Haider, editing by Miral Fahmy)
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