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Suicide car bomb kills 25 in Hangu
[Dawn] A suicide car boom struck Pak police on Thursday, killing 25 people in the second attack in as many days in the northwest as the Taliban vow to avenge the US killing of the late Osama bin Laden.... who is currently taking a long nap in the dirt... urm... water... "It was a car suicide kaboom targeting a city cop shoppe. The bomber blew up the car at a checkpoint close to the cop shoppe," said police deputy inspector general Masood Khan Afridi. Regional police front man Fazal Naeem said, "(The bomber) wanted to blow up the city cop shoppe but he blew up the car close to the barrier outside the station." Police officials said 25 people were killed and 38 others maimed. "Most of those killed in the attack are coppers and the corpse count may rise, because there are offices and residences of senior police officials and the local administration near the attack site," said Naeem. The Pak Taliban grabbed credit for the suicide car booming, with a front man saying it was carried out to avenge the death of Osama bin Laden. "We accept responsibility for this attack. This was a small attack to avenge Osama's martyrdom," front man Ehsanullah Ehsan told AFP by telephone from "Soon you will see bigger attacks. Revenge for Osama can't be satisfied just with small attacks," he said. Posted by: Fred 2011-05-27 |
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