25 detained in connection with Quetta attacks

QUETTA: Police have detained 25 suspects in connection with the Hazar Ganji and suicide attack targeting JUI-F chief Mualana Fazlur Rehman.

SSP Investigation, Asad Shah said the investigation of the suicide attack was ongoing, adding that DNA samples of the attacker had been sent for testing.

A shutter down strike was observed in Quetta on Friday against the Hazar Ganji attack. The strike was observed on the call of the Hazara Democratic Party and Balochistan Shia Conference.

The Balochistan Bar had also announced a boycott of court proceedings in protest to Thursday’s blasts and incidents of violence in the city.

A protest rally was taken out after Friday prayers by the JUI-F against the suicide attack which targeted party chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman.

At least 13 people were killed in three separate attacks in Quetta on Thursday. Nine fruit vendors were killed when unknown gunmen opened fire on a minibus in Hazar Ganji, two people were killed in a blast on Qambrani Road and two people were killed in a suicide blast targeting JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman.