A hundred deaths in a series of attacks in Pakistan

QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) - A series of bombings Thursday in two localities of Pakistan has left at least 101 dead, according to police .

Sixty-nine killed and a hundred wounded were counted in Quetta, capital of Balochistan province (Southwest) bordering Afghanistan, where two explosions occurred coordinates in soirée.

The first, which took place in a pool hall, was due to suicide, according to residents. Ten minutes later, a car bomb killed five police officers and a cameraman, précisent-ils.

The double attack committed in a predominantly Shiite neighborhood, was claimed by Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, an armed movement sunnite.

few hours earlier, an explosion had eleven dead, including a child, and forty wounded on the market of Quetta, police said. It has been claimed by separatist Baluchi Army unie.

Twenty-one people were also killed in Mingora, in the Swat valley (north-west), where a crowd had gathered to listen to a preacher, report police and medical services .

The local police had initially reported the explosion of a gas cylinder, but its chief said later that he was a bombe.

former tourist destination of Swat, which is located in the tribal area of ​​Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly Frontier Province North-West), is administered by the Pakistan Army since 2009 offensive against the Taliban.

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