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Today's Pakaboom: Death toll in Pakistan suicide blast rises to 17
(KUNA) -- The corpse count in a suicide blast that hit an under-construction hospital in the Northern Pak town of Hangu has increased to seventeen, said officials.According to the latest details, a jacket wallah of age between 18 and 20, riding a cycle of violence went kaboom!himself at Al-Zuhra Hospital in Hangu. The kaboom killed 15 and maimed twenty others. Two more succumbed to injuries in the hospital. Police sources said that the killed also included three coppers, four women and three children. Authorities feared further rise in the corpse count as at least five of the maimed were at death's door. Local journalists said that the security forces have completely sealed the area and barred all media personnel from covering the incident. Local news channels said that the targeted hospital building has been completely destroyed, adding, several nearby buildings were also damaged. Posted by: Fred 2010-12-11 |
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