Death toll rises to 12 in Quetta eidgah blast

The death toll of a bomb blast at Edigah on Wednesday has risen to 12 on Thursday as one more person and a child, died from injuries at Combined Military Hospital (CMH). A police official told media that the deceased had sustained severe injuries and were admitted to the intensive care unit at CMH. Condition of some of the injured is still precarious, he said. Ten persons, including three women, were killed and 20 others injured by the blast outside Hazara Eidgah on Gulistan Road while the faithful were offering Eid-ul-Fitr prayer.

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