Geo436 QUETTA: 26 people were killed, over 90 were injured when a suicide blast detonated at a rally held to express solidarity with the Palestinian people in Quetta on Friday, sources said.
According to sources, Yaum-ul-Quds rally, comprising of hundreds people was taken out at Meezan Chowk, Quetta, when an suicide blast went off right in the middle of the rally, killed at least 26 people while 90 others were injured.
SAMAA reporter Noor Ilahi Bugti and cameraman Ijaz Raisani was also injured in the blast.
The deceased and injured are being taken to Civil Hospital.
"No adequate security arrangements were made on the routes," said sources.
Firing was also heard after the blast.
Rallies are held across Pakistan every year on the last Friday of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan to support Palestinian demands for a separate homeland.
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