QUETTA, May 13: The death toll from the suicide bomb blast in Quetta on Sunday climbed to eight after one of over 90 injured died on Monday.
Banned Lashkar-e-Jhangvi militant group claimed responsibility for the attack on the residence of the IGP Balochistan.
The dead included two activists of the Balochistan National Party-Mengal, who were passing through the area at the time of the attack.
“Our six activists were injured in the blast and firing” that erupted after the bombing, a senior leader of the BNP-M said.