Pakistan blames India for twin suicide blasts, death toll rises to 65

 

Sarfaraz Bugti, Pakistan's interior minister, accused India's spy agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) of being involved in the two suicide bombings on Friday. After a bomber exploded explosives near a police car, the incident occurred near a mosque in Balochistan's Mastung area.

In the mosque, people were gathered for a procession to commemorate Prophet Mohammad's birthday. Another bomb occurred hours later in a mosque in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, killing at least 5 people. As of Sunday, the death toll from the explosions has risen to 65.

In response to the explosions, Bugti stated that RAW was engaged in the suicide assault. "All civil, military, and other institutions will work together to target those responsible for the Mastung suicide attack." "RAW is engaged in the suicide attack," Pakistan's minister was reported as saying by Reuters. Yet, the minister did not give any proof or additional material to back up his assertion.

In a news conference, Bugti also asserted that the Islamic State (IS) had no organised presence in Balochistan in the past. He went on to say that the government will smash the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and any other terror organisation.

Meanwhile, General Syed Asim Munir, Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff, paid a visit to Quetta on Saturday. "These terrorists and their facilitators, who have no connection to religion or ideology, are proxies of Pakistan's and its people's adversaries," the Army chief said in a statement during his visit to Quetta.

"The whole strength of the state and security forces will continue to confront these forces of evil... "And the armed forces, intelligence, and law enforcement agencies will not stop until the threat of terrorism has been eradicated from the country," he continued.

He went on to say that the general populace has rejected militant ideology and is "totally dedicated to peace, economic advancement, and human development, which is causing a lot of grief to forces of evil in and outside of Pakistan." General Munir also paid a visit to the CMH Quetta to speak with the victims of the attack, according to Pakistani news agency Dawn.

On Saturday, a police complaint was filed to initiate an inquiry, claiming that they submitted DNA from the suicide bomber to be analysed. A horrific suicide bomb attack near the Madina Mosque in Baluchistan's Mastung region killed 60 people and injured more than 60 more.

Another bomb attack in Khyber Pakthunkhwa killed at least five people and injured 12 more when the mosque's roof fell owing to the explosion. None of the two incidents has been claimed by a terror organisation. The Pakistani Taliban, or TTP, has denied involvement for some of the most heinous assaults in Pakistan.