Tributes, condemnation on Twitter over Quetta suicide attack

A senior police officer was among three officials martyred in a suicide bombing in Quetta on Thursday morning. 

The incident occurred when DIG Hamid Shakeel's convoy was targetted as he left his residence. 

Also read: DIG mong three martyred in Quetta attack

Government officials, politicians, journalists and associates of the deceased police officer took to Twitter to react to the news. 

Major General Asif Ghafoor, the army's spokesman, shared the army chief's message condemning the blast: 

A relative of the deceased: 

Journalist Shahzad Baloch, who has reported extensively from Balochistan, had this to say: 

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Spokesman Fawad Chaudhry: 

Spokesperson of the Balochistan Government hailed the sacrifices of police in war on terror: 

Senior journalist Owais Tohid claimed the deceased officer was on the hitlist of sectarian militants:  

Balochistan-basd politician Jan Achakzai: 

Journalist Wajahat Khan: 

An associate of the deceased remembered DIG Shakeel as an "honest, upright and well-read" officer.  

Peshawar-based journalist Iftikhar Firdous mentioned that the last time a DIG-ranked officer was killed in Balochistan was in 2013: