Islamabad: At least eight persons, including
two activists of banned Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, have been arrested
on suspicion of involvement in a suicide attack in the
southwestern Pakistan city of Quetta that killed 11 people and
injured over 40 others.
Eight persons were arrested during raids conducted in
various parts of Quetta late last night and taken to an
undisclosed place, police said.
However, they declined to name the arrested persons.
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, a group that has often targeted the
minority Shia community, claimed responsibility for the
suicide attack on a hospital in Quetta yesterday.
The attacker blew himself up when a large number of
people gathered outside the emergency ward of Quetta's Civil
Hospital to protest the killing of a member of the minority
Shia community.
PTI
First Published: Saturday, April 17, 2010, 23:54