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{{Terrorist attacks in Pakistan}}
On 8 August 2016, terrorists attacked the Government Hospital of [[Quetta]] in Pakistan with a suicide bombing and shooting that resulted in the deaths of at least 9374 people<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/348993-Death-toll-in-Quetta-civil-hospital-blast-soars-to|title=Death toll in Quetta civil hospital blast soars to 74 - Pakistan - Dunya News|access-date=2016-08-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://arynews.tv/en/quetta-blast-another-victim-dies-death-toll-rises-to-74/|title=Quetta blast: Another victim dies, death toll rises to 74 {{!}} ARY NEWS|website=arynews.tv|access-date=2016-08-14}}</ref> and injured more than 130 others.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://metro.co.uk/2016/08/08/93-mourners-dead-after-bomb-explodes-at-hospital-in-pakistan-6054485/ |title=93 mourners dead after bomb explodes at hospital in Pakistan |last1=Mann |first1=Tanveer |date=8 August 2016 |website=metro.co.uk |access-date=10 August 2016 |quote=}}</ref> The fatalities were mainly advocates (lawyers) who had assembled at the hospital where the body of Advocate Bilal Anwar Kasi, the president of [[Balochistan Bar Council|Balochistan Bar Association]], was brought after he was shot dead by an unknown gunman.<ref name="TOI">{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/55-killed-over-100-injured-in-blast-at-hospital-in-Pakistans-Quetta/articleshow/53596823.cms|title=55 killed, over 100 injured in blast at hospital in Pakistan's Quetta|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=8 August 2016|accessdate=10 August 2016}}</ref> Responsibility for the attack has been claimed by various [[Islamism|Islamist]] groups like [[Jamaat-ul-Ahrar]] and the [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|Islamic State]].
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