Quetta, Pakistan (BBN) - At least 12 people were killed and others 22 wounded in a hotel bombing in the country’s southwestern Dera Allayar area of Jafferabad, policy said.
A powerful blast that brought down the two-storey building of a hotel and majority of the casualties were due to the building collapse.
Some unknown militants hid the explosives-filled bag inside the hotel and blasted it with a remote control, GEO News reported quoting sources.
Locals have retrieved at least 11 dead bodies from the rubble and a crane is now being used for rescue, according to the report.
BBN/SSR/AD-14Aug11-6:08 pm (BST)
