In Pakistan, a suicide bomber today blew himself up in a hospital in the southwestern city of Quetta, killing at least 9 people, including a TV journalist and a senior police officer. Thirty-five others have been injured in the attack. The bomber struck when a large number of people gathered outside the Civil Hospital in Quetta to protest the killing of a member of the minority Shia community. The Shia man was shot outside a bank and died after being brought to the hospital. A large number of protesters, policemen, reporters and TV cameramen were outside the hospital when the suicide attacker detonated his explosives at around 10.15 am. Malik Arif, a cameraman for Samaa news channel, was among the dead. A reporter for the channel said Arif's body was blown to pieces. No group claimed responsibility for the attack. People ran out of the hospital complex after the blast as a cloud of dust rose into the sky. The explosion was followed by heavy firing though it could not immediately be ascertained who had opened fire.The blast blackened the walls of the hospital and shattered windows. Four policemen, two journalists and a TV cameraman were among the injured, witnesses said. Geo TV reported that its reporter Salaman Asharf was also injured in the attack.