Many injured in Pakistan attack

by Sanjay Jha | May 1, 2008 at 02:26 am | 392 views | 5 comments

A supected Suicide Attack in North-Western Pakistan has taken place and dozens feared killed. North-Western region is one of most volatile region in Pakistan. Bordering Afghanistan it houses large number of Afghani refugees.

Several people have been wounded in a suspected suicide attack at the office of a religious organisation in north-western Pakistan, officials say.

The explosion happened at the office of a group called Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice in the Khyber tribal region, they say.

One report said that some people had died in the blast.

A spokesman for the organisation told Pakistan's Geo TV that the bomber was a 17-year-old boy.

 

 

 

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This picture is taken at Saddar road, the busiest shopping mall of Peshawar, NWFP, Pakistan. The main attraction of this spot is imported goods. One who visit Peshawar, must see half a kilometer starched road side mall.

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Latest reports said that ten people are feared dead in the attack. According to The News International report, a suicide bomber detonated his explosives at the office of a radical religious group in tehsil Bara in Khyber tribal region on Thursday. In the attack 10 persons were feared dead and several wounded, officials said.
According to a government official it appears that a suicide attacker blew himself up at a gate leading to the office of a religious organization.
The bomber targeted the office of the group called Tanzeem Amar Bil-maruf wa Nahi An-Al-munkar (Organisation for Promotion of Virtue and Suppression of Vice), in Khyber district near the provincial capital Peshawar. A teenager detonated his explosives among dozens of workers of the organization when they were listening religious sermon on radio, sources said.
Along with the bomber 10 others were feared dead and several others injured in the incident. The injured persons were transferred to various government hospitals in Peshawar.
Talking to Geo News the leader of Tanzeem Amar Bil-maruf wa Nahi An-Al-munkar, Haji Namdar said that hundreds tribesmen were present in the office during the attack. “Only bomber was killed and 10 to 15 persons were wounded in the attack,” he claimed.

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May 1, 2008 at 02:26 am by Sanjay Jha, 392 views, 5 comments

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