A suicide bombing at a train station in southwestern Pakistan on Friday killed at least 24 people, according to a senior local government official. <\/p>\n
Another 53 people were injured in the attack in the city of Quetta, Commissioner Hamza Shafqaat said in a statement. <\/p>\n
\u201cExplosion at the railway station was a suicide bombing,\u201d the statement said. <\/p>\n
The blast happened on a platform at the city\u2019s main railway station at about 9 a.m., Senior Police Superintendent Muhammad Baloch said. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe explosion happened when a large number of passengers were present on the platform,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
Security forces have cordoned off the area, and investigations are underway. The province\u2019s Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti has ordered an inquiry into the incident. <\/p>\n
In a statement, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif strongly condemned the attack. <\/p>\n
An insurgency in Balochistan has been running for decades but has gained traction in recent years since the province\u2019s deep-water Gwadar port was leased to China, the jewel in the crown of Beijing\u2019s \u2018Belt and Road\u2019 infrastructure push in Pakistan. <\/p>\n
The BLA has been responsible for the deadliest attacks in Pakistan this year, most recently in October when it targeted a convoy of Chinese engineers and investors in the city of Karachi leaving two Chinese citizens dead. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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