" Damaged vehicles are seen at the blast site in southwest Pakistan's Quetta Marcus Rashford Jersey UK , on Dec. 17, 2017. At least eight people were killed and 44 others injured in a suicide attack at a church in Pakistan's southwest provincial capital of Quetta on Sunday, hospital sources told Xinhua. (XinhuaIrfan) A soldier stands guard at an attacked church in southwest Pakistan's Quetta, on Dec. 17, 2017. At least eight people were killed and 44 others injured in a suicide attack at a church in Pakistan's southwest provincial capital of Quetta on Sunday, hospital sources told Xinhua. (XinhuaIrfan)
ISLAMABAD Nemanja Matic Jersey UK , Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- At least eight people were killed and 44 others injured in a suicide attack at a church in Pakistan's southwest provincial capital of Quetta on Sunday, hospital sources told Xinhua.


Waseem Baig, spokesperson for a civic hospital, told Xinhua through telephone that eight people were killed and 44 others injured in the suicidal blast in Quetta.


Local reports said that the death toll may further rise as nine were in critical conditions, and that about 10 to 15 kg of explosives were used in the attack.


Interior Minister of the country's southwest Balochistan Province Sarfraz Bugti said that a group of four terrorists attacked the bethel memorial methodist church located at the Zarghoon Road area of Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan.


Bugti said one of the suicide bombers was shot dead by police guards at the main entrance of the church before he could detonate his explosives vest while the second one blew himself up outside of the church wall after he got injured in police firing Blank Jersey UK , and that no attacker could enter the church premises.


Earlier, Bugti said that one of the attackers managed to enter the church and blew himself up.


Following the retaliatory fire from police, two of the attackers managed to run away from the site, the interior minister said, adding that the forces have cleared the church and are conducting clearance operation in nearby areas.


At the time of attack around 500 people were offering their prayers in the church.


A state of emergency has been declared in all the hospitals of the city. Following the attack, rescue teams Customized Jersey UK , security forces and police rushed to the site and shifted the bodies and injured to the hospitals.


A high security alert has been declared in the Quetta district.


Deputy Inspector General of Police Abdul Razzaq said that if security forces had not acted in a timely manner, the number of causalities could have been more, and that it was a successful operation.


Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi condemned the attack and directed the authorities concerned to provide the best available medical treatment to the wounded people.


No group has claimed responsibility for the attack yet.



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BEIJING -- A draft plan to turn the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao greater bay area into the world's largest bay area in terms of GDP by 2030 has been filed with the national economic planner, according to an official.


The plan for the development of a city cluster in the greater bay area, covering the majority of China's Cantonese-speaking regions Romelu Lukaku Jersey UK , was forwarded to the National Development and Reform Commission at the end of June, said Wu Weibao, deputy head of Guangdong's development and reform commission.


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CHENGDU -- There seems to be no end to the Chinese police's creativity in teaching motorists and pedestrians to obey traffic rules. After facial scans, the latest is the "3D" zebra crossing.


At two busy urban intersections in the southwest city of Chengdu, police drew the usually flat zebra strips with shading and perspective to make them "rise" from the road. The stripes were also painted in blue, yellow Juan Mata Jersey UK , and white, instead of the traditional white color.


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BENI SUEF, Egypt -- The first gas regulator station operated by a Chinese company in Egypt will be operational in September, a company representative said Tuesday.


The Beni Suef station, operated by China Petroleum Technology & Development Corporation (CPTDC), a subsidiary of China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) Alexis Sanchez Jersey UK , will start pumping natural gas in September, Qitang Li, a CPTDC representative in Cairo told Xinhua.


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TIANJIN -- Volkswagen Group China made record sales in the first half of 2017 in China, driven by strong SUV sales, the company said Tuesday.


Volkswagen delivered nearly 1.4 million vehicles to the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong from January to June this year. In June alone, Volkswagen's year-on-year sales rose by 5.4 percent David Beckham Jersey UK , according to Stephan Wollenstein, CEO of Volkswagen China Passenger Cars Brand.


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HOHHOT -- Eight people were killed and two others injured after a collapse at a construction site in northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Tuesday.


The accident, which happened at 5:20 p.m. in Ejin Horo Banner, Ordos city, initially left eight severely injured and two slightly injured. They were all sent to a local hospital, but the eight severely injured died Wednesday morning Paul Pogba Jersey UK , according to the emergency rescue headquarters.


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