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| Twin suicide attacks kill 41 in Pakistan |
| 2013-07-27 |
| Twin suicide attacks rocked a busy marketplace in northwest Pakistan on Friday, killing at least 41 people and injuring more than 150 others, officials said, in the deadliest attack to hit the country during the holy month of Ramadan. The explosions at the bazaar in Parachinar, the main town of Kurram tribal district on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, sent handcarts flying as shoppers bought food to open their fasts at sunset. “We can confirm the death of 41 people in the twin blasts. More than 150 others have been injured in the attack,” doctor Sabir Hussein, head of the main public hospital in the town told AFP. “We have sent 20 critically wounded people to major hospitals in Peshawar and Kohat to save their lives." Parachinar administration officials said both blasts were carried out by suicide bombers. “There were two blasts in the main bazaar of Parachinar. These were carried out by two suicide bombers who walked into the crowded market,” Riaz Mehsud, a senior administration official, told AFP. Mehsud said the market was packed with people and that handcarts were sent flying after the blasts, which also damaged up to 15 shops and two cars. “We found many body parts, including parts of the suicide bombers. There was blood and human flesh at the blasts site,” he said. The bombers struck in a largely Shia area but officials said they could not immediately identify the victims. |
| Posted by:Steve White |