Islamabad, Jan 11: The toll in four deadly blasts Thursday in Pakistan -- three in Quetta city and one in northwest Swat district -- has risen to 116. At least 235 other people were injured in the bombings by extremist Sunni Muslim group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, media reports said Friday.
The first blast in Quetta, capital of the southwest Balochistan province bordering Afghanistan and Iran, took place around 3.50 p.m.. The bomb hit a check-post of the paramilitary force Frontier Corps in Bacha Khan area, killing at least 12 including a corps member and injuring 50.
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