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At least 28 Killed in Blast near Polling Booth in Pakistan

July 25

At least 31 people were killed, including 28 in a suicide blast outside a polling station in Pakistan’s Quetta city and 36 others injured as several incidents of violence were reported as the country went to polls.

In Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province, a suicide blast targeting a police van killed at least 28 people, including five policemen, and nearly 30 other were injured in a blast near Quetta’s Eastern Bypass, The Express Tribune reported.

Quetta is the provincial capital of Balochistan province.

The blast took place near Quetta’s Eastern Bypass when the police van was targeted in the attack. The attack was part of a larger pattern of attacks targeting security forces vehicles and not targeting the electoral process, the report said.