Pakistan bombings kill several in Quetta and Parachinar
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At least 24 people have been killed and many injured in bombings in the north and south of Pakistan, officials say
The first explosion in the city of Quetta killed at least 13 people It happened when a suicide bomber in a car was stopped by police at a checkpoint
Two different militant groups claim they carried out that blast
In the second incident, at least 11 people were killed in two almost simultaneous explosions at a market in the north-western town of Parachinar
Several people are reported to have been injured
The first blast went off near a bus terminal at the market, Dawn reported, while the second happened as rescuers rushed to help those injured in the first explosion
The bombs in Parachinar, in Kurram district, are the third since January and took place as the market was crowded with people buying food to break their Ramadan fast
Some reports say a Shia procession was targeted
The Kurram region has a history of sectarian violence between Shia and Sunni Muslims
Most people in Parachinar are from Pakistans Shia minority
Sunni hardliners, currently operating through different factions including the Taliban and so-called Islamic State IS) consider Shias to be heretics and worthy of death
These groups have sanctuaries in Afghan and Pakistani areas surrounding Kurram, and have launched frequent attacks against civilians in Parachinar
Police in Quetta said that Fridays blast had reverberated across the city, breaking windows of buildings in the area
There has so far been no explanation as to why two militant groups - IS and an offshoot of the Taliban called the Jamaat-ul-Ahrar - have both said they carried out the attack
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Eyewitnesses said many of those killed were police
Provincial government spokesman Anwar ul Haq Kakar told the Reuters news agency that the bomb was detonated close to the office of the inspector general IG) of police
Its possible the IG office was the target, or the assailants were trying to enter the [army] cantonment which is close by, he said
Bomb disposal officials say the car was carrying up to 95kg 210lb) of explosives
TV pictures at the scene of the blast showed debris scattered across a wide area as security officials secured the site
Quetta is about 100 km 60 miles) east of the border with Afghanistan
The province of Balochistan and its provincial capital Quetta are among the most dangerous parts of Pakistan, continually targeted by militants and also by Baloch nationalist separatists waging a long-running insurgency
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