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| Today's Pakaboom: Blasts hit market in Peshawar |
| 2011-06-12 |
| [Al Jazeera] Two blasts have destroyed a market area in Pakistain's northwestern city of Beautiful Downtown Peshawar, causing many casualties, police and residents said. The police operational chief said 20 people had been killed and 50 others maimed. Dost Mohammed, another police official, said a small blast went off just after midnight on Sunday, drawing rescue workers and police to the site. A few minutes later a large kaboom rocked the area, causing fatalities and injuring 35 people. Mohammed said initial reports suggested the second blast was caused by explosives placed in a vehicle and detonated by remote control. The source of the first kaboom was unknown. Al Jizz's Kamal Hyder, reporting from Islamabad, said most of the casualties occurred in a restaurant. He said the blast had been so powerful it knocked down part of the building and a fire was burning at the site. One senior police official was among the maimed. The identities of the other casualties were unclear. The attack took place across the street from the offices of the highest political agent to Khyber, part of Pakistain's volatile tribal region. Housing for army soldiers is also nearby. |
| Posted by:Fred |