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| Today's Pakaboom: At least 18 killed in Peshawar explosion |
| 2013-09-28 |
[Dawn] At least 18 people were killed and 44 others injured when a bomb went kaboom!on a bus carrying government employees on 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. 's Charsadda Road, DawnNews reported. Police officer Najeebur Rehman told AFP 18 people had been killed. Shah Farman, provincial minister of information, confirmed the toll and said there were 44 maimed. Inspector General of KPK police Nasir Durrani said it was a remote-controlled bomb, containing six to eight kilograms of explosives and planted at the back of the bus, which was taking government staff home to the town of Charsadda after work. He added that it was a planned sabotage activity and the police was assessing the situation. Eyewitness said the blast was so powerful it threw victims' bodies clear of the vehicle and onto the roadside. "The sound of the blast is still ringing in my head, I cannot explain it in words," Lal Zada, 40, a government employee whose right leg was severely maimed, told AFP. Lal Zada lost his brother-in-law, also a government employee in the blast. "All of a sudden, there was a huge kaboom. The bus shattered and something hit me in my leg and I fell to the floor. It was horrible," he said. Footage showed the back of the bus reduced to a tangle of twisted metal by the force of the kaboom. Horrific scenes were seen in Peshawar's main Lady Reading hospital where nine dead bodies and 32 injured were taken. The injured screamed for help in the emergency unit while doctors and medics were seen rushing in and outside the wards, providing medical treatment and wheeling the critically injured to the operating theatre. The target was government employees, Sahibzada Mohammad Anis, the commissioner of Peshawar, told AFP. The bus was heading to the town of Charsadda when the bomb went off. At least 18 people were killed and 44 others injured when a bomb went kaboom!on a bus carrying government employees on Peshawar's Charsadda Road, DawnNews reported. Police officer Najeebur Rehman told AFP 18 people had been killed. Shah Farman, provincial minister of information, confirmed the toll and said there were 44 maimed. Inspector General of KPK police Nasir Durrani said it was a remote-controlled bomb, containing six to eight kilograms of explosives and planted at the back of the bus, which was taking government staff home to the town of Charsadda after work. He added that it was a planned sabotage activity and the police was assessing the situation. Eyewitness said the blast was so powerful it threw victims' bodies clear of the vehicle and onto the roadside. "The sound of the blast is still ringing in my head, I cannot explain it in words," Lal Zada, 40, a government employee whose right leg was severely maimed, told AFP. Lal Zada lost his brother-in-law, also a government employee in the blast. "All of a sudden, there was a huge kaboom. The bus shattered and something hit me in my leg and I fell to the floor. It was horrible," he said. Footage showed the back of the bus reduced to a tangle of twisted metal by the force of the kaboom. Horrific scenes were seen in Peshawar's main Lady Reading hospital where nine dead bodies and 32 injured were taken. The injured screamed for help in the emergency unit while doctors and medics were seen rushing in and outside the wards, providing medical treatment and wheeling the critically injured to the operating theatre. The target was government employees, Sahibzada Mohammad Anis, the commissioner of Peshawar, told AFP. The bus was heading to the town of Charsadda when the bomb went off. |
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