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| Suicide attack on Tank police station kills four |
| 2010-01-24 |
| [Dawn] A suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden vehicle into a police station in Tank district on Saturday, killing at least four people and wounding two others. Officials confirmed the death of a constable, Syed Raza, and three passers-by -- two children and a woman. According to sources, the bomber rammed the vehicle into the main gate of the Gomal Bazar police station, near Tank city. The officials said that one person was spotted in the vehicle. Police said that a portion of the building collapsed, injuring two accused in the police station's lock-up. They were taken to the Tank district headquarters hospital. This is the second suicide attack in Tank over the last one month. AFP adds: "The bomber struck ... outside the police station," district police chief Ejaz Abid told AFP. He said 11 people, including five policemen, three passers-by and three prisoners in the police lock-up, were injured. "This was a car bomb attack, which is a reaction to the ongoing operation in South Waziristan region," Mr Abid added. Another senior police official Ghazanfar Hussain also confirmed the incident and casualties. "I was busy in routine desk work inside the police station when a large blast rocked the entire building," Mr Hussain said. He added that one of the outer walls of the police station collapsed from the impact of the blast while big cracks appeared in other rooms of the building. |
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