Summary Some were few yards away from the emergency department where the bomb struck.
QUETTA (Web Desk / AP) – A man who survived the bombing of a hospital in the southwestern city of Quetta described a horrifying scene, saying there were "bodies everywhere" after the blast.
Waliur Rehman said he was taking his ailing father to the hospital s emergency ward when the explosion shook the building on Monday. He said 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 (yards) away from the emergency department where the bomb struck.
Lawyer Abdul Latif said s he arrived at the hospital to express his grief after hearing that a senior Quetta lawyer, Bilal Kasi, had been shot and killed by gunmen earlier in the day.
But he said he didn t know he will "see the bodies of dozens of other lawyers" killed and wounded at the hospital.
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At least 63 people were killed and dozens wounded when the explosion ripped through a crowd lawyers and journalists at the civil hospital.
Noor Ahmed, a deputy chief surgeon for victims of violent incident, said the hospital is also treating about 50 people who were wounded in the bombing on Monday.
There has still been no claim of responsibility for the attack.
Quetta is the capital of southwestern Balochistan province, which has witnessed deadly attacks in recent years.
