QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — The Latest on the bombing at a hospital in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta (all times local):

12:05 p.m.

Pakistani police have raised the death toll from a hospital bombing in the southwestern city of Quetta and are now saying that there are 42 killed.

No group has immediately claimed responsibility for Monday's attack.

Senior police official Zahoor Ahmed Afridi says the bomb went off shortly after the body of a prominent lawyer killed earlier in the day was brought to the hospital.

Sanaullah Zehri, the chief minister in Baluchistan province, where Quetta is the capital, says it seemed to be a suicide attack but that the police are still investing.

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11:50 a.m.

Pakistan's prime minister has denounced the huge bombing that struck a hospital in the southwestern city of Quetta, killing 30.

Nawaz Sharif issued a statement expressing his "deep grief and anguish over the loss of precious human lives" in Monday's attack.

He instructed local authorities in Baluchistan province, where Quetta is the capital, to maintain utmost vigilance and beef up security. Sharif also asked health workers to provide the best treatment possible to those wounded in the attack.

Sharif added that "no one will be allowed to disturb the peace," which "countless sacrifices" by the "security forces, police and the people of Baluchistan" have worked so hard to restore.

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11 a.m.

Pakistani police have raised the death toll from the bombing on the grounds of a government-run hospital in the southwestern city of Quetta to 30 killed.

Senior police official Zahoor Ahmed says also that dozens have been wounded in the explosion. The blast took place shortly after the body of a lawyer killed in a shooting attack earlier in the day was brought in on Monday.

No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.

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10:45 a.m.

Pakistani police say a bomb has exploded at a government-run hospital in the southwestern city of Quetta, killing at least six people.

Police official Afzal Khan says several people were also wounded in Monday's blast, which took place shortly after the body of a prominent lawyer killed in a shooting attack earlier in the day was brought to the hospital.

Khan says dozens of lawyers and journalists were present inside the hospital when the bomb went off. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.

Anwalullah Kakar, the government spokesman in southwestern Baluchistan province, says an investigation is underway.

It was also unknown who was behind the killing of the lawyer, Bilal Kasi, who was gunned down on his way to court earlier in the day.