2018 Quetta suicide bombing

2018 Quetta suicide bombing
Part of War in North-West Pakistan
Quetta is located in Balochistan, Pakistan
Quetta
Quetta
Quetta (Balochistan, Pakistan)
Quetta is located in Pakistan
Quetta
Quetta
Quetta (Pakistan)
LocationQuetta, Balochistan, Pakistan
Date25 July 2018 (PST)
Attack type
Suicide bombing
Deaths31
Injured40
PerpetratorsIslamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Participant1 suicide bomber
MotiveDerailment of 2018 Pakistani general election

On 25 July 2018, during polling for the 2018 Pakistani general election, a bomb blast outside a polling station in Quetta's Eastern Bypass area resulted in 31 people being killed and over 35 injured.[1][2][3] Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claimed responsibility for the attack, according to the group’s Amaq News Agency.

  1. ^ "31 killed in suicide blast outside Quetta polling station". Dawn. 25 July 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Six policemen among 29 martyred in suicide attack outside Quetta polling station". Geo News. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
  3. ^ "Quetta: Death toll jumps to 31 in election day blast". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2018-07-25.