Quetta attack survivors recount horror

Quetta - A surgeon at the hospital struck by the massive bombing says the death toll there has gone up.

 A man who survived the terror attack on a hospital in Quetta describes a horrifying scene, saying there were "bodies everywhere" after the blast.
Waliur Rehman says he was taking his ailing father to the hospital's emergency ward when the explosion shook the building on Monday. He says the blast was so powerful that they both fell down.
Rehman says when he looked up he saw bodies of the dead and the wounding crying out for help. He says he believes he was about 200 meters away from the emergency department where the bomb struck.
Lawyer Abdul Latif says he arrived at the hospital to express his grief after hearing that a senior Quetta lawyer, Bilal Anwar Kasi, had been shot and killed by gunmen earlier in the day.
But he says he didn't know he will "see the bodies of dozens of other lawyers" killed and wounded at the hospital.
A surgeon at the hospital struck by the massive bombing says the death toll there has gobe up.
Noor Ahmed, a deputy chief surgeon for victims of violent crime, says the hospital is also treating dozens of people who were wounded in the bombing on Monday.
An AFP journalist was about 20 metres away when the bomb went off.
"There were huge black clouds and dirt," he said.
"I ran back to the place and saw dead bodies scattered everywhere and many injured people crying. There were pools and pools of blood around and pieces of human bodies and flesh."
Nurses and lawyers wept as medics from inside the hospital rushed out to help dozens of injured, he said.
"People were beating their heads, crying and mourning. They were in shock and grief."
Pervez Masi, who was injured by pieces of flying glass, said the blast was so powerful that "we didn't know what had happened".
"So many friends were martyred," he said. "Whoever is doing this is not human, he is a beast and has no humanity."
Meanwhile, Balochistan Health Minister Rehmat Baloch blamed a suicide bomber for the carnage that took place when a large number of lawyers had gathered at the Civil Hospital with the body of a lawyer shot dead hours earlier.
Two legs of a body found at the site were likely to be that of the suicide bomber, it said.
Balochistan Chief Minister Sanaullah Zehri blamed the Indian intelligence agency RAW, saying it was responsible for incidents of terror in Quetta.
"There are many wounded, so the death toll could rise," said Rehmat Saleh Baloch, the provincial health minister.
Television footage showed scenes of chaos, with panicked people fleeing through debris as smoke filled the hospital corridors.
The motive behind the attack was unclear and no group had yet claimed responsibility, but several lawyers have been targeted during a recent spate of killings in Quetta.
The latest victim, Bilal Anwar Kasi, was shot and killed while on his way to the city's main court complex, senior police official Nadeem Shah said. He was the president of Balochistan Bar Association.
The subsequent suicide attack appeared to target his mourners, Anwarul Haq Kakar, a spokesman for the Balochistan government, said.
"It seems it was a pre-planned attack," he said.
Police cordoned off the hospital following the blast.
Gunfire was heard shortly after the explosion. Shahzad Khan, a cameraman with Aaj TV, was also killed in the explosion while the cameraman for Dawn News was severely injured, Dawn said. 

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