Lashkar-e-Jhangvi

A police cadet injured during the attack on the Police Training Center lies in bed in a hospital in Quetta, Pakistan.

Attackers kill dozens of sleeping cadets at Pakistani police academy in Quetta

October 25, 2016Conflict

Who’s to blame? Two militant groups have taken credit. Pakistan’s army blames a third group. And some point fingers at the army itself, accusing security forces of fostering the very extremist groups now attacking the country.

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