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Nepal condoles Pakistan over deaths in Quetta hospital bombing

Nepal condoles Pakistan over deaths in Quetta hospital bombing

By THT Online

File- An overview of the scene of a bomb blast outside a hospital in Quetta, Pakistan, on August 8, 2016. Photo: Reuters/Naseer Ahmed

KATHMANDU: Nepal has offered deep condolences to Pakistan over the death of dozens of people in a suicide bombing in a hospital in Quetta on Monday. Nepal's Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed shock over the incidence while condoling the bereaved families. According to reports, at least 53 people were killed in the suicide attack in a government-run hospital in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta.

Shocked by the news of suicide bombing at a hospital in Quetta, Pakistan killing dozens of people. Deep condolences to the bereaved families

— MOFA of Nepal (@MofaNepal) August 8, 2016 READ ALSO: 63 killed in Pakistan hospital suicide bombing, death toll likely to rise