BLA claims responsibility of Quetta blast

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BLA claims responsibility of Quetta blast

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Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) has taken the responsibility of the deadly blast in Quetta.

30 December,2011 11:53 pm

The banned militant outfit, Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), has taken the responsibility for the deadly blast in Quetta in which 12 people were killed and more than 30 were injured.The blast ripped through the residential neighborhood setting many houses on fire.Reportedly the house of former federal minister Naseer Mengals son Shafiq Mengal on Arbab Karam Khan Road near Raisani Chowk was the target.Emergency was declared in the area in the wake of the blast, the bang of which was heard miles away. Such was the intensity of the explosion that most of the windowpanes in the nearby housing blocks and market place fell apart.