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40 people killed in bomb, gun attacks in 3 Pakistani cities
 [Ynet] At least 40 people were killed and nearly 100 maimed Friday in four separate bomb and gun attacks in three major Pak cities, officials said.
Hours later twin bombings, minutes apart, hit a crowded market in a Shiite-dominated city in Parachinar, the main city in the Kurram tribal region and killed 24 people, mostly minority Shiite Moslems, according to government administrator Zahid Hussain. Friday evening, gunnies in the port city of Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... attacked coppers at a roadside restaurant and killed four of them before fleeing, according to senior police officer Asif Ahmed. The bomb and gun attacks come a few days before the Moslem holiday of Eid-al-Fitr, which ends the holy month of Ramadan. TV footage showed panicked people rushing to safety following the Parachinar market bombings. 13 killed in suicide attack on Quetta's Gulistan Road [DAWN] At least 13 people ─ including seven policeman ─ bit the dust, while 19 others were maimed in a suicide kaboom  that shook Shuhada Chowk in Quetta's Gulistan Road area on Friday morning, police said.The injured were moved to Quetta's Civil Hospital, where an emergency was declared. Security was tightened across the city following the attack. According to DawnNews, the blast occurred close to Inspector General of Police Ehsan Mehboob's office. The blast was powerful enough that it was heard across the city, shattering windows of nearby buildings, said police front man Shahzada Farhat. Posted by: trailing wife 2017-06-24 |
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