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Church blast leads to several arrests in NW Pakistan
 (Xinhua) -- Police rounded up several suspects to probe late Sunday night bomb kaboom at a church in high security area of Mardan, a city in northwest Pakistain, police sources said Monday.It was the first bomb attack on a church for the past few years in the insurgency-hit northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, formerly NWFP, aka Terrorism Central province, which is the frontline in the United States-led war on terror. A remote-controlled bomb planted near the wall of Lotharan church in the cantonment area was detonated Sunday midnight, injuring two coppers and created panic in the area on the second day of the Mohammedan annual "Eid" festival. The front wall and parts of the church collapsed. However, The infamous However... no loss of life was reported and the injured were admitted to hospital where they were reported to be in a stable condition. Local police said the kaboom could have caused major casualties and damage had it occurred during the day time in the busy downtown area. A garment market, mosque, school, a playground and some important buildings are located around the church. Posted by: Fred 2010-09-14 |
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