• A Pakistani paramedic carries injured lawyers to a hospital following a bomb blast in Quetta. A powerful bomb went off on the grounds of a government-run hospital Monday, killing dozens of people, police said. Arshad Butt / AP
    A Pakistani paramedic carries injured lawyers to a hospital following a bomb blast in Quetta. A powerful bomb went off on the grounds of a government-run hospital Monday, killing dozens of people, police said. Arshad Butt / AP
  • People comfort each other following a bomb blast in Quetta, Pakistan. Arshad Butt / AP
    People comfort each other following a bomb blast in Quetta, Pakistan. Arshad Butt / AP
  • People carry an injured lawyer to a hospital following a bomb blast in Quetta, Pakistan. A powerful bomb went off on the grounds of a government-run hospital Monday, killing dozens of people, police said. Arshad Butt / AP
    People carry an injured lawyer to a hospital following a bomb blast in Quetta, Pakistan. A powerful bomb went off on the grounds of a government-run hospital Monday, killing dozens of people, police said. Arshad Butt / AP
  • A Pakistani lawyer reacts as he stands near the bodies of colleagues killed in a bomb explosion at a government hospital premises in Quetta. Banaras Khan / AFP
    A Pakistani lawyer reacts as he stands near the bodies of colleagues killed in a bomb explosion at a government hospital premises in Quetta. Banaras Khan / AFP
  • Pakistani relatives mourn next to bodies of victims after a bomb explosion at a government hospital premises in Quetta. Banaras Khan / AFP
    Pakistani relatives mourn next to bodies of victims after a bomb explosion at a government hospital premises in Quetta. Banaras Khan / AFP
  • Pakistani lawyers carry the body of a colleague on a stretcher after a bomb explosion at a government hospital in Quetta. A powerful bomb went off on the grounds of a government-run hospital Monday, killing dozens of people, police said. Banaras Khan / AFP
    Pakistani lawyers carry the body of a colleague on a stretcher after a bomb explosion at a government hospital in Quetta. A powerful bomb went off on the grounds of a government-run hospital Monday, killing dozens of people, police said. Banaras Khan / AFP
  • Pakistani relatives mourn next to bodies of victims after a bomb explosion at a government hospital in Quetta. Banaras Khan / AFP
    Pakistani relatives mourn next to bodies of victims after a bomb explosion at a government hospital in Quetta. Banaras Khan / AFP
  • Pakistani lawyers and local media personnel carry a bed to move the body of a news cameraman after a bomb explosion at a government hospital in Quetta. Banaras Khan / AFP
    Pakistani lawyers and local media personnel carry a bed to move the body of a news cameraman after a bomb explosion at a government hospital in Quetta. Banaras Khan / AFP
  • Pakistani bystanders react at the site of a bomb explosion at a government hospital in Quetta, Pakistan. Banaras Khan / AFP
    Pakistani bystanders react at the site of a bomb explosion at a government hospital in Quetta, Pakistan. Banaras Khan / AFP
  • A view of broken glass at the hospital following a bomb blast in restive Quetta, Pakistan. The death toll rose to 53, police said. Fayyaz Ahmed / EPA
    A view of broken glass at the hospital following a bomb blast in restive Quetta, Pakistan. The death toll rose to 53, police said. Fayyaz Ahmed / EPA

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Death toll rises after bombing at Pakistan hospital - in pictures

Rob Gurdebeke

August 08, 2016

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A powerful bomb went off on the grounds of a government-run hospital in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta on Monday, killing at least 53 people and wounding dozens. Sanaullah Zehri, the chief minister in the Baluchistan province, said it seemed to be a suicide attack, but police were still investigating.

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