PAKISTAN: Two bombs in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi kill 24 people and wound 66

Record ID: 359286

  • Title: PAKISTAN: Two bombs in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi kill 24 people and wound 66
  • Date: 4th September 2007
  • Summary: AMBULANCE WIDE OF BLAST SITE PEOPLE STANDING BEHIND POLICE CORDON SOLDIERS ON GUARD NEAR BLAST SITE WIDE OF BLAST SITE
  • Embargoed: 19th September 2007 13:00
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  • Location: Pakistan
  • Country: Pakistan
  • Topics: Crime / Law Enforcement
  • Reuters ID: LVA1I4YJ6AS8IODIBTQB12NTAP5D
  • Story Text: Two bombs exploded in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi during morning rush hour on Tuesday (September 4), killing 24 people and wounding
    A suicide bomber blew up a bus carrying Ministry of Defence employees on their way to work, military spokesman Major-General Waheed Arshad said.
    Another bomb went off on a motorcycle parked in a market area of Rawalpindi.
    The bus blew up about a kilometre (half a mile) from the headquarters of the country's army.
    Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf and many top military officials live in Rawalpindi, which adjoins the capitaI, Islamabad.
    Pakistan has suffered a surge of militant violence since July, when commandos stormed a radical mosque in Islamabad and a peace pact broke down with militants in the North Waziristan region on the Afghan border.
    were from the military.
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