At least nine dead, 56 wounded following Pakistan church attack

Two suicide bombers have attacked a packed Christian church in southwestern Pakistan, killing at least nine people and wounding up to 56 before one of them blew himself up and police killed the other, officials said.


The gunmen wearing explosives-filled vests stormed the church in Quetta city when Sunday services had just opened, exploding a suicide vest and shooting at the worshippers, said Sarfraz Bugti, the home minister of Baluchistan province.

Police at the church exchanged fire with the attackers before they could enter the main sanctuary, said provincial police chief Moazzam Jah.

Mr Jah said two women were among those killed.

"There were nearly 400 people inside the church, but the attackers could not get inside the services," he said.
  [rte.ie]
 17/12/17