Shah Noorani blast: People still looking for loved ones in hospitals, morgues
The blast left thousands of relatives aggrieved as over 50 people died in Shah Noorani last night
KARACHI: (Dunya News) – People are still looking for their loved ones in the hospitals and morgues after the deadly Shah Noorani Shrine suicide attack last night in Hub, Balochistan. The blast left thousands of survivors aggrieved and several of the pilgrims are still missing since last night, reported Dunya News.
Civil Hospital is again a site of the scenes that have become a regular feature for helpless Pakistanis. The relatives of the missing pilgrims could be seen looking for their relatives and friends. With hopes in their eyes and prayers on their mouths, they kept searching for their loved ones among the injured.
Some came from Mehmoodabad, some from Malir to look for the missing. Some have lost their entire families while the children of others are missing. One mother repeatedly visited the hospitals but after failing to find her son there, tried to look for him at Edhi morgue, but failed to find her even there.
With their dying hopes after several hours of the blast, the survivors are still looking for their loved ones in the morgues and hospitals of Karachi.
Read more: Shah Noorani shrine blast death toll rises to 52, over 100 injured
The death toll from suicide blast at Shah Noorani shrine on Saturday rose to 52, with 110 injured.
The blast targeted devotees who played Dhamal, a kind of mystic dance, at Shah Noorani Shrine located at a hilltop in Hub town of the Balochistan’s Kalat region.
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Initial probe reveals that the attack was carried out by a burqa-clad suicide bomber who blew himself up at the place where the devotees were dancing. There were over 500 people, coming from different parts of the country, inside the shrine when the blast happened.
Authorities said they had dispatched ambulances and medical workers from Karachi, a three-hour drive from the shrine -- which is located in a remote, mountainous region with limited emergency facilities.
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