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| Suicide blast in Peshawar: Death toll rises to 11 |
| 2014-03-15 |
| [DAWN] The corpse count from a suicide kaboom targeting police in Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. earlier on Friday has now risen to 11, hospital officials said. Jamil Shah, a front man for the Lady Reading Hospital in the scenic provincial capital, confirmed that two more people had shuffled off the mortal coil while being treated for injuries from the powerful kaboom that struck Sarband, an area in the suburbs of Peshawar. The victims included women, children and coppers. At least 45 others were maimed from the attack, the latest violence to hit Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa ... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central... . DSP (city) Banaras Khan said the blast appeared to have targeted a police mobile van and was carried out by a jacket wallah. SP Cantt Faisal Kamran said that due to the sensitive nature of the area, which is situated on the border of the tribal areas, police personnel were using armoured personnel carriers (APC) to conduct routine patrolling when they were targeted by the suicide bomber who was on foot. The victims were shifted to the Lady Reading Hospital (LRH) where an emergency was imposed. Casualties were also shifted to the Hayatabad Medical complex. Six bodies were received at the LRH while three were received at the Hayatababad Medical Complex. Security personnel cordoned off the area as a probe into the incident went underway. According to Shafqat Malik, AIG of the Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS), at least eight kilograms of explosives were used in the blast. According to foreign news agency Rooters, Taliban splinter group Ahrarul Hind grabbed credit for the attack. "We claim both Peshawar and Quetta attacks," Rooters quoted their chief Umar Qasmi as saying. "We don't abide by these talks and will continue to stage attacks." The leadership of bully boy group Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP), which the Pak government has engaged in peace talks to end a seven-year insurgency, immediately distanced itself from the Friday attacks. Peshawar, the capital of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, lies on the edge of Pakistain's tribal areas which have been labelled by Washington as the main sanctuary for Al Qaeda and Talibs in the country. The city has seen frequent attacks by snuffies in the past few years, with targets ranging from civilians to coppers and other law enforcement personnel. |
| Posted by:Fred |