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Suicide explosion in Pakistani city kills 15, wounds over 30
(KUNA) -- More than fifteen people were killed and over thirty others were maimed Friday evening in a suicide kaboom in a northern Pak town, only a day after another suicide blast in the region killed fifteen people, said police and officials. Atiq-ur-Rehman, Member of the National Assembly (MNA) from the area where the incident occurred, told KUNA that it was a suicide car boom kaboom. He termed it a sectarian attack and said that the hospital belonged to the Shi'ite Mohammedan community. He said the kaboom also caused damage to a Shiite mosque, located in front of the hospital. He said more than a dozen people have been killed and several others maimed ones have been rushed to nearby hospitals. Police and Rescue sources confirmed to KUNA more than fifteen had been killed and said that so far thirty maimed have been rushed to hospitals. The kaboom took place as the security was on red alert on the occasion of Muharram across the country and in Hangu and Kohat towns in particular, known to be hotbeds of sectarian violence. Also, last Wednesday a suicide kaboom at a Kohat bus stop killed about 15 people and maimed near twenty others.Posted by: Fred 2010-12-11 |
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