Summary The blast is carried out in retaliation of Balochistan operation, the group said.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Banned United Baloch Army (UBA) claimed responsibility of Islamabad fruit market blast – that killed at least twenty four persons and injured dozens – on Wednesday, Dunya News reported.
The militant group said that the blast is carried out in retaliation of Pakistan security forces’ operation in Balochistan.
United Baloch Army had also accepted responsibility of Jaffar Express train en route from Quetta to Lahore that had killed at least seventeen passengers and injured over forty.
Earlier, a bomb tore through a bustling Islamabad market on Wednesday, killing at least 18 people, police and hospital officials said, the latest violence to hit government peace talks with the Taliban.
The blast took place around 8:00 am (0300 GMT) at a wholesale fruit and vegetable market close to the capital s twin city Rawalpindi, as hundreds of grocers and sellers gathered to trade.
It is the deadliest to hit the Pakistani capital since a huge truck bomb at the Marriott Hotel in 2008.
A bomb disposal official told French news agency AFP on condition of anonymity that the device hidden in a fruit box weighed five to six kilograms (11 to 13 pounds) and was packed with nuts and bolts to cause maximum carnage.
