In pictures: Quetta attacks

Published June 17, 2013
Another photograph of a burned book from the site. - Photo by Syed Ali Shah
Another photograph of a burned book from the site. - Photo by Syed Ali Shah
The charred remains of the bus that had been blown up by a suicide bomber. -Photo by Syed Ali Shah
The charred remains of the bus that had been blown up by a suicide bomber. -Photo by Syed Ali Shah
A shoe found at the blast site.  -Photo by Syed Ali Shah
A shoe found at the blast site. -Photo by Syed Ali Shah
Pens belonging to a student found at the blast site. -Photo by Syed Ali Shah
Pens belonging to a student found at the blast site. -Photo by Syed Ali Shah
Another photograph of security guards at the Bolan Medical College Hospital. -Photo by Syed Ali Shah
Another photograph of security guards at the Bolan Medical College Hospital. -Photo by Syed Ali Shah
Another photograph of the Sardar Bahadur Khan Women’s University guide map. -Photo by Syed Ali Shah
Another photograph of the Sardar Bahadur Khan Women’s University guide map. -Photo by Syed Ali Shah
Security guards at the Bolan Medical College Hospital. -Photo by Syed Ali Shah
Security guards at the Bolan Medical College Hospital. -Photo by Syed Ali Shah
Another photograph of the destroyed bus. -Photo by Syed Ali Shah
Another photograph of the destroyed bus. -Photo by Syed Ali Shah
Another photograph of the destroyed bus. -Photo by Syed Ali Shah
Another photograph of the destroyed bus. -Photo by Syed Ali Shah
Another photograph of the shoe found near the bombed bus.  -Photo by Syed Ali Shah
Another photograph of the shoe found near the bombed bus. -Photo by Syed Ali Shah
The guide map of Sardar Bahadur Khan Women’s University.  - Photo by Syed Ali Shah
The guide map of Sardar Bahadur Khan Women’s University. - Photo by Syed Ali Shah
Burned books found in the aftermath of the suicide attack. -Photo by Syed Ali Shah
Burned books found in the aftermath of the suicide attack. -Photo by Syed Ali Shah

The devestating attacks in Quetta on a bus carrying students of Sardar Bahadur Khan Women’s University and the Bolan Medical College Hospital shocked the nation and drew condemnation from across Pakistan. The banned terrorist group Lashkar-i-Jhangvi claimed responsibility for the bomb blasts which had been carried out by a female suicide bomber.

At least 25 people, including the deputy commissioner of Quetta, 14 students of the women’s university and four nurses were killed in the attacks.

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