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| At least 17 killed, including 2 children, in Pakistan suicide attack | |
| 2016-03-08 | |
| [CNN] At least 17 people, including two coppers and two children, were killed in a suicide kaboom Monday in Pakistain's northwestern Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa ... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central... province, police said. At least 31 other people were maimed in the attack in Charsadda district, said district police Chief Sohail Khalid, adding that five women, four children and five police officials are among the injured. A front man for the Pak Taliban grabbed credit for the attack, saying it was in retaliation for the execution of Mumtaz Qadri on February 29. Qadri was convicted of killing the governor of Punjab 1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard 2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers 3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots.... province in 2011. The bombing incident began about noon local time, when the attacker opened fire outside the gates of the Charsadda court, Khalid said. When security officers tried to stop him from getting inside, the gunman detonated explosives that were strapped to his body. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf... issued a statement condemning the attack. "The nation is united in its commitment to wipe out this menace from our soil," the statement read. "Those who embraced martyrdom in the line of duty sacrificed their today to safeguard a peaceful tomorrow for our future generations, and they deserve gratitude and recognition of the highest degree."
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| Posted by:Fred |