More than 10 people including 6 security officials have been killed in Rawalpindi....

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RAWALPINDI: More than 10 people including 6 security officials have been killed in an alleged suicide attack targeted Army Medical Corps van on Monday morning.

At least 25 people injured in the attack. Government sources have initially confirmed the killing of 4 security officials.

According to official source, the incident occurred at RA Bazar Road in Saddar area of Rawalpindi when a suicide bomber rammed his motorbike into a staff coaster of Army Medical Corps.

The blast also damaged another coaster and other vehicles. The injured were admitted to CMH and other hospitals.

The CMH sources said that 8 dead bodies and 26 injured were brought into the hospital.

The area has been cordoned off after the blast and President Musharraf has called an emergency meeting of security forces officials following the blast.

 

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An act of terror which has no excuse. We must find the elements behind such acts and destroy them.

 

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Not reported on the Indian news channels!

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Not reported on the Indian news channels!

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By SADAQAT JAN, Associated Press Writer
1 hour, 10 minutes ago



RAWALPINDI, Pakistan - A suicide bomber on a motorbike rammed into a minibus carrying security personnel, detonating a blast Monday that killed at least six people and wounded more than 30 in latest attack in the Pakistani garrison city of Rawalpindi, officials said.

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The bus was destroyed in the blast on a road running through a bazaar near the offices of the army's National Logistics Cell, said Bisharat Abbasi, the local police chief.

A military statement said four members of the armed forces had been killed. But it did not mention civilian casualties and a security official told The Associated Press there were at least six fatalities. The Geo news channel said 10 people had died.

The bus was carrying doctors and security personnel, said the security official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.

Shaukat Khan, owner of a nearby tire-repair shop, said he was sweeping the sidewalk at the time of the blast, which blew the roof off the bus and damaged several nearby vehicles.

"It was very powerful," he said, adding that the bomb sent splinters flying into a wall beside him. Police and troops arrived a few minutes later and transported the dead and injured to hospitals, he said. - AP