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Militant group Daesh on Tuesday claimed responsibility for an attack on a police academy in the Pakistani city of Quetta, in which masked gunmen killed at least 59 people and wounded more than 100.
The attack was carried out by "Daesh fighters", the group's Amaq news agency said.
Talking to the media, Balochistan Home Minister Sarfraz Bugti said that the operation against the terrorists has been completed by security forces who fought valiantly against the terrorists, Geo TV reported.
#WATCH Terror attack on police training academy in Quetta (Pak),at least 33 killed, several injured. 3 terrorists gunned down #QuettaAttack pic.twitter.com/pzS0Ltc728Bugti said that nearly 700 police recruits were present at the time of the attack.
- ANI (@ANI_news) October 25, 2016
Security forces have entered the premises of police training center in #Quetta and operation is underway. #Balochistan #QuettaAttack pic.twitter.com/F6sqqVqVOG
- Voice of Balochistan (@VoiceofBalochi2) October 24, 2016
#Quetta under Attack once again.The attack began around 9.30 pm on Monday, as two attackers reportedly entered the complex through the front gate after shooting the guard, while others climbed the rear wall of the training centre.
Pray For #Quetta pic.twitter.com/zBcpETDxPX
- ? ???? ?????? ? (@Kami_i) October 24, 2016
Well-coordinated attack
Monday night's assault was the deadliest in Pakistan since a suicide bomber killed 70 people in an attack on mourners gathered at a hospital in Quetta in August.
The bomber struck as a crowd of mostly lawyers and journalists crammed into the emergency ward of the hospital to accompany the body of a prominent lawyer who had been shot and killed in the city earlier in the day.
Monday night's attack also appeared well coordinated, with senior law enforcement agencies saying that assailants had fired at the police training centre from five different points.
Later, the attackers entered the centre's hostel where around 200 to 250 police recruits were resting, security officials said. At least three explosions were reported at the scene by local media.
Quetta has long been regarded as a base for the Afghan Taliban, whose leadership has regularly held meetings there.
The Afghan Taleban's new leader Haibatullah Akhundzada openly taught and preached at a mosque outside Quetta for 15 years, until May this year. Akhundzada's predecessor Mullah Akhtar Mansour was killed by a US drone strike while travelling to Quetta from the border.
Baluchistan province is no stranger to violence, with separatist fighters launching regular attacks on security forces for nearly a decade and the military striking back.
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