(8 Aug 2013)
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1. Wide of destroyed ambulance, mosque in background
2. Close of deflated tyre
3. Mid of destroyed ambulance
4. Close of bloodied sandals and police badge
5. Wide of police officers at scene
6. SOUNDBITE: (Urdu) Imran (second name not given), rescue worker:
"We reached the scene immediately after the explosion. There were many casualties there, most in a serious condition. There were dead bodies on the ground, 10 to 12 bodies lying on the ground. There were 10 to 15 people who were in a critical condition, and they were immediately taken to a combined military hospital."
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7. Various of doctors and police officers on ward at civil hospital
8. Mid of doctors treating injured person
9. Doctors rushing injured person on stretcher ++AUDIO AS INCOMING++
10. Mid of injured police officer on stretcher outside hospital
11. Mid of doctors, police and rescue workers putting injured person in back of vehicle, to take him to another hospital
12. Wide of rescue workers lifting injured police officer on stretcher
13. Ambulance driving away
14. Vehicle carrying other injured man driving away
STORYLINE:
A suicide bomber attacked a police officer's funeral in southwestern Pakistan on Thursday, killing 30 people gathered to mourn a man shot dead earlier that day in front of his children, authorities said.
The bombing is one of the more audacious assaults in a series of attacks targeting security forces in Pakistan, where insurgent Pakistani Taliban fighters routinely kill woefully under-equipped police officers.
The funeral was being held in an open field outside a mosque in Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan province.
Some 250 people gathered for the service.
Fayaz Sumbal, the head of police operations in Baluchistan, noticed the bomber near the gate of the mosque before he detonated his explosives, a police official said.
Sumbal called on officers to question the bomber, who then blew himself up, the official said. Sumbal died in the blast.
Most of the 30 dead and 55 wounded in the suicide bombing were police officers, the officer added.
One eyewitness said he saw many casualties, most in a serious condition.
"There were dead bodies on the ground, 10 to 12 bodies lying on the ground," he said. "There were 10 to 15 people who were in a critical condition, and they were immediately taken to a combined military hospital."
Television pictures showed doctors treating the injured and rescue workers rushing others into the back of ambulances to be taken to other hospitals.
No one has claimed responsibility for the attack, but suspicion will likely fall on Islamic militants based in the province.
Baluchistan is also home to separatists who have been waging a low-level insurgency against the governments for decades, but they rarely carry out suicide bombings.
The bombing comes after a massive jailbreak in July orchestrated by Taliban fighters that authorities had prior warning about, but still couldn't stop.
The attack also came a day before Muslims in Pakistan were to start celebrating the Eid al-Fitr holiday that marks the end of fasting month of Ramadan.
Millions of Muslims elsewhere in the world began celebrating Eid on Thursday but Pakistan and some other nations start on Friday.

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