8 killed in suicide bomb attack on a Pakistani church
8 killed in suicide bomb
«8 killed in suicide bomb attack on a Pakistani church.»
Two suicide bombers attacked a church in south-western Pakistan, killing at least 8 people and wounding 42 others on sunday.
According to officials reports,one attacker was killed in involvement with forces, at the entrance to the church ,and the other achieved inside the church and blew up the explosives.
Baluchistan police chief Moazzam Jah praised the response of security forces guarding the church,while there were nearly 400 people in the building.
Sarfaraz Bugti, home minister for the southwestern Baluchistan province, said «hundreds of worshippers were attending services at the church ahead of Christmas.»
Police forces also searching for two suspected accomplices who escaped ,
Quetta police chief Abdur Razzaq Cheema ,said.
Mr. Jah also added ,churches always guard by forces,because these buildings are often targeted by Islamist extremist groups.
ISIS took responsibility for the attack without evidence,
via Amaq News Agency.
Hospitals officials reported that two women killed in the attack and five women and two children were wounded.
A number of Christians gathered outside the hospital to protest against the lack of security.