[1][2][3] Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claimed responsibility for the attack, according to the group’s Amaq News Agency.

When police tried to stop him, he blew himself," a local administration official in Quetta, Hashim Ghilzai, has said.

[5] Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claimed responsibility for the attack, according to the group’s Amaq news agency.

The group said the attack was carried out by a suicide bomber, but did not provide further detail or evidence for its claim.

[6] Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) while condemning the attack had summoned report from Balochistan government.