Cairo, Dec. 17 (TNS): International terror outfit so-called Islamic State (Daesh) claimed an attack on a church in Quetta on Sunday, the group’s Amaq news agency said in an online statement.
It said two Islamic State members had carried out the attack but provided no evidence for the claim.
At least eight people, including a woman, were killed in a blast and 44 others injured at a Catholic church in Quetta.
Inital reports say that four terrorists attacked the church located on Quetta’a Zarghoon Road.
Balochistan’s home minister says that apparently the attack targeted the church where prayers of Christian community were being held.