Forty eight dead in Pakistan police academy attack

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Source: Reuters

Gunmen stormed a Pakistani police training academy in the southwestern city of Quetta late on Monday night, killing at least 48 people and wounding more than 100, hospital officials said early Tuesday morning.

Some 200 trainees are stationed at the facility, officials said, and some had been taken hostage.

"Forty eight bodies have been brought to the hospital," said Wasim Beg, senior doctor at Quetta's Civil Hospital.

Mir Sarfaraz Bugti, home minister of Baluchistan province, of which Quetta is the capital, had confirmed early on Tuesday that five to six gunmen had attacked a dormitory inside the training facility while cadets rested and slept. An operation to clear the facility lasted five hours.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-pakistan-attack-idUSKCN12O2M6?il=0

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1. At least 59 dead per BBC

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-37757914

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2. Quetta attack survivor: 'We were sleeping when terrorists attacked'

Quetta, Pakistan (CNN)Cadets at a police training academy in Pakistan awoke to the horror of suicide bomb-wielding terrorists in an attack late Monday that killed 61 and injured 117. "We were sleeping when terrorists attacked the center," said Asif Hussain, a cadet who was in the academy's barracks at the time.

He said the cadets had no guns and were powerless to fight back when the militants struck through the window. Sarfraz Bugti, home minister for Balochistan province, said three attackers were killed during the assault in Quetta, which targeted a hostel at the academy where hundreds of police recruits were sleeping.

During the hours-long operation that followed, security forces killed one attacker, while two others died when they detonated the bombs they were carrying, he said. At least 260 cadets were rescued during the operation, which lasted through early Tuesday, he said.

Three days of mourning have been announced in Balochistan province for the dozens of dead, most of whom were police cadets. Safar Khan, a 24-year-old cadet who was inside his barracks when gunshots rang out, told CNN the survivors refused to be intimidated.
"We will not bow down before terrorists," he said.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/24/world/pakistan-police-academy-attack/index.html

ISIS has claimed responsibility but there is another terrorist group which may be responsible.

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3. Prayers for these victims

It seems like enough is never going to be enough. Such sad news.