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AFP
Quetta
Suicide blasts ripped through crowd at political rallies in Pakistan on Friday, killing at least 128 people and wounding 150 others, officials told AFP, in one of the deadliest attacks in the country's history.
The blast in the town of Mastung, near the Balochistan provincial capital Quetta, was the latest in a string of attacks that have spurred fears of violence ahead of nationwide polls on July 25.
Authorities said the suicide bomber detonated in the middle of a compound where the political meeting was taking place.
"The death toll has risen to 128," Balochistan home minister Agha Umar Bungalzai told AFP. A senior provincial government official also confirmed the figure, adding that 150 others were injured.
