Suicide bombing at Pakistan church kills eight people
Rescue workers gather at the scene of a suicide bomb attack in Quetta, Pakistan (Picture: EPA) A sui..
A suicide bomb attack at a church in Pakistan has killed at least eight people and injured 42.
Officials confirmed a gunman exploded a vest in Quetta shortly after worshippers packed into the Bethel Memorial Methodist Church this morning.
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Two terrorists had clashed with security forces, with one assailant being killed at the entrance of the church while the other made it inside.
Aqil Anjum, who was shot in his right arm, said he heard a blast in the middle of the service, followed by heavy gunfire.
He added: ‘It was chaos. Bullets were hitting people inside the closed hall.’
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The attack could have been worse if it wasn’t for the brave guards who prevented the second attacker from entering the main building, police said.
‘Otherwise the loss of lives could have been much higher,’ Baluchistan police chief Moazzam Ansari said.
Senoir officer Moazzam Jah added: ‘There were nearly 400 people inside the church, but the attackers couldn’t get inside the services.
‘We killed one of them, and the other one exploded himself after police wounded him.’
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Some Christians gathered outside a nearby hospital to protest the lack of security.
Medics confirmed two women were among the dead, while another five women and two children were among the wounded.
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A search is underway for two suspected accomplices who escaped.
No one has claimed responsibility for the attack but the venue was on high alert following previous attacks on Christian places of worship.
Separatists, the Taliban, Sunni Islamist militants and sectarian groups linked to al Qaeda and the Islamic State group operate in the strategically important region.
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