STORY: A security camera captured the moment a deadly blast went off at a busy train station in southwest Pakistan on Saturday (November 9).
It killed at least two dozen people and injured more than 40, many of them critically.
That's according to police, who said they suspect it was a suicide bombing.
This eyewitness described people running around in chaos.
"Some people were injured, some with blown up legs, some with blown up arms and hands," he said.
A separatist militant group, the Baloch Liberation Army, claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement emailed to Reuters.
The group wants independence for Balochistan, a province of about 15 million people that borders Afghanistan to the north and Iran to the west.
It's the biggest of several ethnic insurgent groups battling the government, saying it unfairly exploits the province's rich gas and mineral resources.
Balochistan's inspector general of police said the attack on the train station in the provincial capital Quetta was targeting army personnel.
:: August 26, 2024
Pakistan is grappling with a surge in strikes by separatist groups in Balochistan.
In August, at least 73 people were killed after militants attacked police stations, railway lines and highways.
