Deadly blasts hit Quetta in Pakistan's Balochistan

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Source: BBC

The Pakistani city of Quetta in Balochistan province has been hit by a series of explosions, leaving at least 20 people dead.

The first blast was caused by a bomb in a market area that killed 11 people and injured 27 more, the south-western city's police chief said.

A spokesman for a militant group, the United Baloch Army, said it carried out the attack.

Later, two bombs exploded outside a snooker club, killing at least nine.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20969443

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BREAKING: Pakistani police say death toll from bombings at billiards hall rises to 38. {snooker club}

https://twitter.com/AP/status/289426020770127872

update #2

Twin blasts at a snooker hall in the south-western Pakistani city of Quetta have killed 81 people and injured more than 100, police say.

Many of the casualties were caused by the second blast as police and media rushed to the scene.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20969443

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