Blast in Islamabad.

[Kikki]

CHillax kar yaaron. accident thi . also good thing is, no deaths so far.

 

[StormShadow]

RIP to the dead.

Dead??? :O

 

[53fd]

RIP to the dead.

There were no deaths, a few injuries only.

 

[foxbat]

thank goodness.. no major casualties.. Allah ka shukr hai..

 

[Devil Soul]

The news is reporting 1 soldier died...

 

[Ajaxpaul]

One killed in blast at arms depot near Sihala


ISLAMABAD: An explosion ripped through an arms depot near Islamabad’s Sihala area on Monday, killing one security official and injuring two others, DawnNews reported.

The explosion brought down the roof of a barracks.

“It was an accidental blast. An explosive device exploded when a few people were handling it inside an army depot,” said Faisal Memon, a senior police official in the area.

“The army has blocked entry to the site,” he said.

Another police official said the roof of a barracks collapsed.

“It was a small room being used by army personnel as a residential barracks.

Explosives were also stored there, which exploded and injured three,” said Basharat Ali, a local police official.

“The injured are being shifted to a military hospital,” he said.

Sihala houses a police academy which had been attacked by militants in the past.

Militants linked to al Qaeda and the Taliban have stepped up suicide and bomb attacks across Pakistan to avenge the killing of Osama bin Laden by US Navy SEALs in May.

In May, a handful of militants stormed a major naval base in Karachi.


One killed in blast at arms depot near Sihala | Pakistan | DAWN.COM

 

[Respect4Respect01]

"Two explosions ripped through a Pakistan Army’s arms depot just outside the capital Islamabad on Monday.



One person was killed and three injured. The blasts brought down the roof of a barrack, police said.



"It was an accidental blast. An explosive device exploded when a few people were handling it inside an army depot," said Faisal Memon, a senior police official in the area.



"The army has blocked entry to the site," he said.



Another police official said the roof of a barrack collapsed.



"It was a small room being used by army personnel as residential barracks. Explosives were also stored there, which exploded killing one and injuring two," said Basharat Ali, a local police official.



"The injured are being shifted to a military hospital," he said."


Dunya TV Print: Islamabad:Twin blasts in Sihala, 1 security official martyred

 

[53fd]

Are' bhai, it's already been posted.

Secondly:

"It was an accidental blast. An explosive device exploded when a few people were handling it inside an army depot," said Faisal Memon, a senior police official in the area.

 

[Respect4Respect01]

Are' bhai, it's already been posted.

Secondly:

"It was an accidental blast. An explosive device exploded when a few people were handling it inside an army depot," said Faisal Memon, a senior police official in the area.

sorry yaar, didnt knew that it was posted, i searched it but didnt see it anywhere.

 

[Windjammer]

Press Release
No PR162/2011-ISPR Dated: July 11, 2011
Rawalpindi - July 11, 2011: Due to an accidental blast in a unit ammunition store near Sihala, one soldier embraced shahadat and 3 others were injured. Injured soldiers have been evacuated to CMH, Rawalpindi Cantonment.

 

[VCheng]

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"It was a small room being used by army personnel as residential barracks. Explosives were also stored there, which exploded killing one and injuring two," said Basharat Ali, a local police official.
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Inna Lillahe wa Inna Ilehe Rajioun for the deceased.

I assume that storing explosives in a residential barracks helps in speedy response times?

 

[Tshering22]

It might be possible that this blast was an accidental one since it was in an arms depot and that's quite a dangerous area. Maybe due to negligence of standard operating procedures, this happened. Anyway, may the deceased find eternal peace.

 

[President Camacho]

If the cause of the accident were held for a little longer, TTP would have already claimed the responsibility.

 

[53fd]

Inna Lillahe wa Inna Ilehe Rajioun for the deceased.

I assume that storing explosives in a residential barracks helps in speedy response times?

Do you work in the Armed Forces or in any Law Enforcement Agency?

 

[VCheng]

Do you work in the Armed Forces or in any Law Enforcement Agency?

Off topic question, but I was only trying to understand the rationale for storing explosives in a residential barracks. May be civilians cannot understand it, but perhaps a member of the Armed Forces or any Law Enforcement Agency would care to describe the reason, if there is one?