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Suicide attack on Rescue-15 office kills 2 policemen in Islamabad
[Geo News] Two policemen were killed and four others injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance of Rescue-15 building here on Saturday. According to Geo news correspondent Asim Rana, policemen stationed at the main gate of Rescue-15 offered resistance and shot dead the accomplice of the suicide bomber. Terrorists also tried to attack the building a few days ago but security forces foiled the bid, Geo news reported.President condemns attack on Rescue 15 President Asif Ali Zardari has condemned the suicide bomb blast in Rescue 15 building in Islamabad Saturday evening and said that such acts of barbarism could not deter the government from chasing the militants to their complete elimination. "The militants who are on the run have become desperate but they will not escape their ignoble end," the President said in a statement. If anything, barbaric acts like the Saturday evening attack on Rescue 15 building in Islamabad only strengthens the resolve of the people and the law enforcing agencies to wipe out extremism and militancy from Pakistan, he said. Such acts of barbarism and senseless killing of innocent people should serve as a wake up call to the apologists of militants and extremists, the President said. The President paid tributes to the courage of the policemen. "The heroic act to challenge the bomber in the face of clear danger prevented large scale damage and destruction", the President said. "These policemen and members of the law enforcing agencies are our heroes." The nation owes a debt of gratitude to them, he added. The President also condoled with the members of the bereaved families and directed the authorities to look after them and the injured. Posted by: Fred 2009-06-07 |
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