Horror as at least 25 die in blast - terror group claims responsibility for attack

By Alice Scarsi, Deputy World News Editor, Max Parry, News Reporter

Pakistan: Multiple dead after explosion at Quetta city railway station

At least 25 people have been killed and more than 50 injured after a bomb exploded at a train station in Pakistan.

The bomb went off in the southwestern city of Quetta, as nearly 100 passengers waited for a train to travel to Rawalpindi.

The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) has claimed responsibility for the atrocity, claiming in a statement that a suicide bomber targeted the site.

Shahid Rind, a state spokesman, said the blast seemed to have been a suicide attack, however added that an investigation was still ongoing to substantiate the BLA's claim.

At least 24 people died in the blast (Image: BANARAS KHAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Mouzzam Jah Ansari, Balochistan police inspector general, said many of the injured people remain in a critical condition.

He claimed that "the target was army personnel from the Infantry School."

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said those behind the  "will pay a very heavy price for it," adding that security services were steadfast in their will to stamp out "the menace of terrorism".

One man, who said he was jsut entering the station when the bomb went off. "I can't describe the horror I faced today, it was like a judgement day has come," he said.

Another, Muhammad Sohail, arrived at the station soon after the explosion to catch his train to Multan.

"Everything was destroyed at the station, and people were laying down on the ground screaming for help," he said.

Pakistan's National Assembly speaker, Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, condemned the attack, branding those responsible were the "enemies of humanity".