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| Blast in Pakistan kills 3 as bombers' bike hits bump |
| 2007-02-25 |
| There is no mistake there. One bike, three bombers, one boom. CHICHAWATNI, Pakistan, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Three members of a suspected suicide bomb team were blown to pieces on Saturday when their bike laden with explosives hit a bump outside a town in Pakistan's central province of Punjab, police said. Pakistan is in the grip of a nationwide security scare, with suicide bombers linked either to Sunni Muslim fanatics with ties to al Qaeda or Pakistani Taliban killing more than 40 people in recent weeks. Police have also arrested several would-be bombers in cities round the country. The men killed by the blast near Chichawatni, some 120 km (75 miles) north of Multan, were believed to have been on their way to attack a prayer meeting for a policeman killed in an encounter a few days ago, according to Southern Punjab Additional Inspector General Mirza Mohammed Ali. "They belonged to those suicide bombers, the same people who are trying to kill as many government officials as they can," Ali said. At least two of the dead men were students at a nearby madrasa, suspected of having links to Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan, a banned Sunni Muslim sectarian militant group, according to Deputy Superintendent Bashir Ahmed. "The head of one man has been blown off," Ahmed told Reuters. Another of the dead men had his legs blown off, while the third had his stomach ripped open and died later in hospital, police said. Initial investigations suggested the explosive was home-made. Up to 25 people were rounded up after the blast, including a dozen from the madrasa, police said. Factions of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, a militant group that sprang from Sipah-e-Sahaba and went on to forge close links with al Qaeda, are suspected of being behind a number of the recent suicide attacks. Intelligence officials have also thrown suspicion on Pakistani Taliban militants as the spate of bomb attacks followed a military air strike on one of their bases in the restive Waziristan tribal region bordering Afghanistan. |
| Posted by:phil_b |
| #12 Those potholes are killers. |
| Posted by: DMFD 2007-02-25 22:12 |
| #11 I'm pretty sure its a bicycle, not a motorbike. And in Bangkok I once saw a woman riding a motorbike with six dogs perched on it, right in the middle of the city. Three or even four people on a motorbike is common in Asia. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2007-02-25 22:07 |
| #10 How the hell do you get 3 people on a bike of any kind (including motor)? Very carefully! I've seen it in New Delhi. Daddy driving, little kid on the tank, Mom behind Dad riding side-saddle and holding an infant. On what amounts to a moped no less...with no helmets. Freaky deaky! |
| Posted by: Chiper Threreger8956 2007-02-25 19:38 |
| #9 Barbara, keep in mind the anatomy and sexual tendencies of the average Jihadi. |
| Posted by: Mike N. 2007-02-25 17:13 |
| #8 Hoo-kay, I'll bite. How the hell do you get 3 people on a bike of any kind (including motor)? |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2007-02-25 16:49 |
| #7 We did it over Christmas break. Son and German exchange student made the JGBM and gingerbread house, blew it up, nothing left but small pieces of gingerbread. Inshallah. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2007-02-25 16:38 |
| #6 alaska paul are you snowed in ? seems you have a lil time on your hands with that pic. |
| Posted by: sinse 2007-02-25 16:19 |
| #5 You can pedal as fats as ye can, bucha can't ketch me, Ima Jihad Gingerbread Man! |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2007-02-25 15:12 |
#4  |
| Posted by: Angenter Crolugum3645 2007-02-25 14:51 |
| #3 Southern Punjab Additional Inspector General Mirza Mohammed Ali. No pay increase but how about an additional title? Hokay. |
| Posted by: Phineter Thraviger 2007-02-25 14:37 |
| #2 Up to 25 people were rounded up after the blast, including a dozen from the madrasa, police said. ...plus the body parts of the three on the bike. Although, they wouldn't look too good in a police line-up. |
| Posted by: WTF 2007-02-25 14:20 |
| #1 Priceless. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2007-02-25 13:34 |