| Blasts in Quetta, Peshawar kill 3, injure 37 |
PESHAWAR/QUETTA At least three people were killed on Thursday in two explosions; one outside a shrine in Peshawar, and another inside one in Quetta.
According to police officials, the bomb in Peshawar was planted on a donkey cart when it exploded in the Hazar Khwani area.
Rescue officials confirmed the number of dead as two. At least 21 other people, including seven children and several women, were also injured in the blast, said the rescue officials.
The injured were being transferred to the hospital.
One person was killed and 16 others were injured when a bomb went off inside a mosque in Quetta.
A bomb was planted next to a pillar inside the mosque in Ghausabad, a suburban area of the provincial capital and it went off as Asr prayers (evening) got underway, eye-witnesses.
Four of the 16 injured are reportedly in critical condition and have been shifted to nearby hospitals.
A large number of people had gathered at the local mosque to attend sermons, a usual practice on Thursday evenings, in the lead-up to Friday prayers. The blast also damaged parts of the mosque, according to details provided by eye-witnesses.
By arrangement with Dawn
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