At least 12 people were killed and 30 were injured in a suspected car bomb attack near the house of former federal minister Naseer Mengal s son Shafiq Mengal on Arbab Karam Khan Road, Quetta Pakistan. Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) has taken the responsibility of the deadly blast. Many houses caught fire after the blast. The shockwave of the blast was felt in long distances and nearby shops were also damaged. The fire also broke out after the blast which swathed many nearby houses and shops. Firefighters reached the site and were busy trying to extinguish it. Ambulances and paramedic staff were busy shifting injured to hospitals. Police said the majority of the dead were passers-by making it even harder to piece together what happened. "We are facing difficulties to know about the nature of the blast because many of the witnesses who were present at the scene have been killed," police said. Soon after the blast, private guards hired by the former minister s son, Shafiq-Ur-Rehman, opened fire and gunshots rang out at the scene for up to half an hour. A photo journalist for a local news agency was wounded by the firing in the chaotic aftermath of the blast.
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