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8 killed in SW Pakistan blast

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-04-16 15:19
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ISLAMABAD - At least eight were killed Friday in a blast in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta, according to local TV reports.

A cameraman with a local TV was among the several injured in the blast in the Civil Hospital in the capital of the southwestern Pakistani province of Balochistan.

Firing was heard after the blast.