An explosion which targeted Shiite Muslims killing 83 in Hazara, on the outskirts of the southwestern city of Quetta, was earlier reported that explosives were packed in a parked water tanker
and were remotely detonated. Police has how ever revised the cause of the blast that killed 83 people on Saturday, saying a suicide bomber was behind the attack that pulverized a busy marketplace.
Police now say a suicide bomber, driving an explosive-laden water tanker, rammed the vehicle into buildings at the crowded marketplace.
The water tanker carried between 800 and 1,000 kilograms (1,760 to 2,200 pounds) of explosive material, Quetta police official Wazir Khan Nasir said.
As of Sunday morning, no group had claimed responsibility for the attack.-CNN
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