Monday, April 19, 2010
25 dead as bomb rips through Peshawar bazaar
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PESHAWAR: At least 25 people were killed and dozens other injured on Monday when a suicide bomber blew himself up at the crowded Qissa Khwani Bazaar in Peshawar. Deputy Superintendent Police Gulfat Hussain and District Naib Amir of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Dost Muhammad were also among the dead.
According to eyewitnesses, the bomber targeted a rally organized by the JI in protest against the power outages.
Edhi sources confirmed that 25 people were killed in the powerful blast.
The blast took place in front of a Sweets shop near Kabli Police Station located in Qissa Khwani bazaar of Peshawar.
The injured were shifted to Lady Redding Hospital, where emergency was declared.
Meanwhile, the police reached the scene and cordoned off the area.
It was the second blast that took place in Peshawar today. A schoolboy was killed in the first blast.
41 IDPs killed as bombers target camp
PESHAWAR: Two suicide bombers struck a crowd of displaced people collecting aid handouts, killing at least 41 and wounding more than 60 on Saturday at the Kacha Pukha camp on the outskirts of Kohat.The bombers struck minutes apart in the camp, a registration centre for people fleeing Taliban violence and army operations close to the Afghan border.
"The toll in the two suicide attacks is 41 dead and more than 60 wounded," DIG Kohat Abdullah Khan told Geo News.
Meanwhile, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi Al Alami called Geo News correspondent and claimed the responsibility of the attack.
Body parts of the bombers were recovered and most of the victims were members of the Mani Khel and Baramad Khel tribes who had gathered for registration after fleeing fighting in their home district of Orakzai, sources said.
The first bomber detonated his explosives while displaced people gathered to register and receive relief items. A few minutes later the second bomber blew himself up in the middle of the gathering crowd.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Peshawar blasts: Six including two security men dead
PESHAWAR: Two security men were martyred and four attackers killed when heavily armed militants in two vehicles tried to storm the US consulate in Peshawar on Monday.A series of powerful explosions and gunfire rocked Peshawar area of Saddar as heavy grey smoke spewed into the sky, witnesses and a security official said.
Khyber Road where the US Consulate building is situated, is being air-monitored by the helicopters.
Television footage showed a heavy mushroom cloud and smoke rising into the air over the garrison part of the city, close to the US consulate and the Peshawar headquarters of Pakistan's top spy agency, bombed last November.
Bursts of heavy gunfire could also be heard in the wake of blasts which a foreign news agency puts at five in number.
The Khyber Road, where the US Consulate is situated, has been closed.
The cameras of news channels were live covering the incident with security personnel on their positions, when two consecutive blasts occurred.
The series of these three blasts occurred within 20 minutes and shook the city followed by extreme firing. The second and third blasts occurred in vehicles.
The blasts were so intense that the mobile phones services were closed for some time.
Emergency has been declared in Peshawar Hospital.
The US Consulate official said the Consulate is garnering information about the blasts.
Blast at ANP rally; 50 dead
TIMER GIRAH: At least 20 were killed and several others injured in a blast at a public rally of Awami National Party (ANP) in Timer Girah Tehsil of Lower Dir, Geo News reported Monday.
Relief teams including ambulances and Bomb Disposal Squad were dispatched towards blast site. The injured are being shifted to the nearby hospitals. The local people started relief work on self-help basis.
It should be mentioned the blast occurred at a public gathering of Awami National Party (ANP) being held in connection with Yaum-e-Tashakkur after the name of the province changed to Khyber Pakhtoonkhaw. The Party kept its program secret.
The security personnel before long arrived on the spot and cordoned off the affected area.
No report about the nature of the blast has yet been received.
The blast occurred near a police check post and a passport office in the main bazaar.
Emergency has been declared in all hospitals in the area. The hospital sources confirmed the killings of at least six people and the number may rise still further and injuries to several others.
Relief teams including ambulances and Bomb Disposal Squad were dispatched towards blast site. The injured are being shifted to the nearby hospitals. The local people started relief work on self-help basis.
It should be mentioned the blast occurred at a public gathering of Awami National Party (ANP) being held in connection with Yaum-e-Tashakkur after the name of the province changed to Khyber Pakhtoonkhaw. The Party kept its program secret.
The security personnel before long arrived on the spot and cordoned off the affected area.
No report about the nature of the blast has yet been received.
The blast occurred near a police check post and a passport office in the main bazaar.
Emergency has been declared in all hospitals in the area. The hospital sources confirmed the killings of at least six people and the number may rise still further and injuries to several others.
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