(VOVworld) – The self-proclaimed Islamic State has said it carried out a suicide bombing that killed at least 70 people and injured 112 people at a hospital in the city of Quetta, Balochistan province.

Medical workers transport victims of the attack in Quetta city (photo: AFP/VNA)

 
Before that a faction of the Pakistani Taliban also claimed responsibility for the attack. UN General Secretary Ban Ki-moon condemned the attack targeting a hospital.
The US has also denounced the attack. Balochistan province has announced three days of mourning.