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WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- The United States condemns "in the strongest terms" the horrific suicide attack in a hospital in Pakistan, the White House said Monday.
At least 70 people were killed and 112 others injured in a suicide blast inside the emergency ward of Civil Hospital in Pakistan's southwestern Quetta city on Monday.
"That this attack occurred at a hospital and appeared to target a gathering of lawyers mourning the death of a respected colleague makes it all the more heinous," White House spokesman Josh Earnest said in a statement.
The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan Jamaat-ul-Ahrar (TTP JA), a splinter group of the Pakistani Taliban, has claimed responsibility for the suicide attack.
The United States is committed to its continuing counterterrorism partnership with Pakistan, and remains resolute in joining with the people of Pakistan in confronting terrorism in Pakistan and across the region, Earnest said. Enditem
