World / Pakistan Explosion in hotel parking 4 killed 9 injured Tehreek e Taliban claimed responsibility

Pakistan | On Wednesday, a bomb exploded in the parking area of ​​Serena, a luxury hotel in the southwestern city of Quetta, Pakistan. Four people were killed and at least nine others were reported injured. The condition of two people in the injured is stated to be critical. According to Pakistan newspaper Dawn, the blast took place in Quetta's Serena Hotel parking lot at around 10.30 pm on Wednesday night. The security forces arrived at the Serena Hotel in Anan Phanan and no one was allowed to go near the blast site. Police said the rescue team transported the victims to nearby hospitals. In the videos and photos that have surfaced after the blast, it is seen that the blast was very fast. After the explosion, she appeared to be up and running. The Serena Hotel is considered the most luxurious hotel in Quetta.

Chinese ambassador stayed in hotel

Balochistan Interior Minister Jiaullah Langov said Chinese Ambassador Nong Rong stayed at the hotel at the time of the bombing, but it is unclear what the motive was behind the attack. He said no one was hurt by any of the guests, but one of the four people who died in the attack was a police officer.

Tehreek-e-Taliban took responsibility

Hours after the attack, the Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the blast in a statement saying it was a suicide attack. The Pakistani Taliban, or Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, is a separate rebel group from the Afghan Taliban. Senior police officer Azhar Akram said that the officers were trying to know whether the bomb was planted in a car parked in the hotel parking lot. Other security officials reported that the bomb exploded minutes after a car entered the parking area, and officials are investigating to find out if it was a suicide attack.

Intelligence information was received about the attacks

A spokesman for the provincial health department, Wasim Baig, said that four people were killed and 12 were injured in the bombing. Pakistan's Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed blamed India for the blast in the hotel, although he did not provide any evidence. He told a Pakistani news channel that Pakistan has only one enemy and it is neighboring India. Ahmed said that he had received intelligence about possible attacks in the capital Islamabad and elsewhere and information was shared with the authorities concerned to ensure security.

Provincial government spokesman Liaquat Shahwani has described the attack as the result of terrorism. He said that "the terrorists want to disrupt peace in Balochistan." Those who do not want to see progress and prosperity in Balochistan province are responsible for this act of terrorism. "Balochistan's Chief Minister Kamal Khan, who has condemned the bombing, said on Twitter that Pakistan's Information Minister Fawad Chaudhary has said that the authorities are investigating and a statement will be issued later.