Bomb attack kills three, injures 10 in Badhaber
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Peshawar blast kills 3
Updated at: 0850 PST, Monday, November 16, 2009
PESHAWAR: At least three people have been killed and 21 others injured in a powerful explosion that occurred in Peshawars outskirts of Badhbeer on Kohat Road near police station, Geo News reported on Monday morning.
District Coordination Officer (DCO) Peshawar Sahibzada Anis also confirmed 3 killings in the blast, adding the blast was so powerful that the nearby mosque collapsed.
He continued that the blast occurred at 0745am, adding it is feared that some people may be trapped under the rubble.
The state of emergency has been declared in the local hospitals.
The police and relief workers before long arrived on the blast site and kick-started the relief action. There are some children and a woman among the injured.
Police cordoned off the blast site soon after the blast.
According to Geo News correspondent, the police have confirmed that blast was a suicide attack, as a car was used in the blast.
According to sources, the suicide bomber was taking his explosive-laden car to some sensitive place; however, he was signaled to pull over. But, the suicide bomber on being stopped, blew him up, killing three people.
According to Geo News correspondent, at least seven injured have been brought to Lady Reading Hospital.
Peshawar blast kills 3
Updated at: 0850 PST, Monday, November 16, 2009
PESHAWAR: At least three people have been killed and 21 others injured in a powerful explosion that occurred in Peshawars outskirts of Badhbeer on Kohat Road near police station, Geo News reported on Monday morning.
District Coordination Officer (DCO) Peshawar Sahibzada Anis also confirmed 3 killings in the blast, adding the blast was so powerful that the nearby mosque collapsed.
He continued that the blast occurred at 0745am, adding it is feared that some people may be trapped under the rubble.
The state of emergency has been declared in the local hospitals.
The police and relief workers before long arrived on the blast site and kick-started the relief action. There are some children and a woman among the injured.
Police cordoned off the blast site soon after the blast.
According to Geo News correspondent, the police have confirmed that blast was a suicide attack, as a car was used in the blast.
According to sources, the suicide bomber was taking his explosive-laden car to some sensitive place; however, he was signaled to pull over. But, the suicide bomber on being stopped, blew him up, killing three people.
According to Geo News correspondent, at least seven injured have been brought to Lady Reading Hospital.
Peshawar blast kills 3
Three killed by Pakistan truck bomb
(UKPA) – 28 minutes ago
At least three people were killed when a pick-up truck laden with explosives was detonated at a police station in north-west Pakistan.
Police opened fire on the truck as it approached a checkpoint in front of a police station in Badh Ber near Peshawar, but the driver was still able to detonate his explosives.
The attack, which damaged the station and destroyed a small mosque and a house nearby, killed three people and injured 20 others.
Local television footage showed rescue workers searching for survivors and police examining the deep crater caused by the explosion.
A government official said the death toll may rise as rescue workers continue their search through the debris.
"This is an obvious reaction to the operation in the tribal areas," he said.
Suspected militants have killed more than 300 civilians and security personnel in the last month in an attempt to weaken Pakistan's resolve to continue the military operation in the tribal area of South Waziristan, where al Qaida and Taliban leaders are believed to be hiding.
Badh Ber is some seven miles south of Peshawar. The area in and around the city, which borders Pakistan's semi-autonomous tribal region, has experienced a wave of attacks since the army launched its South Waziristan offensive last month.
More than 50 people have been killed in the area in a little over a week in a number of attacks.
On Sunday, militants staged a pair of attacks against anti-Taliban figures in north-western Pakistan, killing one of the men.
(UKPA) – 28 minutes ago
At least three people were killed when a pick-up truck laden with explosives was detonated at a police station in north-west Pakistan.
Police opened fire on the truck as it approached a checkpoint in front of a police station in Badh Ber near Peshawar, but the driver was still able to detonate his explosives.
The attack, which damaged the station and destroyed a small mosque and a house nearby, killed three people and injured 20 others.
Local television footage showed rescue workers searching for survivors and police examining the deep crater caused by the explosion.
A government official said the death toll may rise as rescue workers continue their search through the debris.
"This is an obvious reaction to the operation in the tribal areas," he said.
Suspected militants have killed more than 300 civilians and security personnel in the last month in an attempt to weaken Pakistan's resolve to continue the military operation in the tribal area of South Waziristan, where al Qaida and Taliban leaders are believed to be hiding.
Badh Ber is some seven miles south of Peshawar. The area in and around the city, which borders Pakistan's semi-autonomous tribal region, has experienced a wave of attacks since the army launched its South Waziristan offensive last month.
More than 50 people have been killed in the area in a little over a week in a number of attacks.
On Sunday, militants staged a pair of attacks against anti-Taliban figures in north-western Pakistan, killing one of the men.
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Badhbair: constable promoted as Hawaldar
Updated at: 1240 PST, Monday, November 16, 2009
Badhbair: Constable promoted as Hawaldar PESHAWAR: Commandant Frontier Constabulary (CFC) Zafarullah Khan has promoted constable Umar Rehman to the rank of Hawaldar – who bravely opened fire on the suicide bomber in Badhbair.
Talking to Geo News in Peshawar Monday, Command FC said constable Umar opened fire on the explosive-laden vehicle that caused blast.
‘Had the vehicle entered in the city, it could cause greater damage.’
FC men are also playing their role in the war on terror, Zafarullah, added.
Updated at: 1240 PST, Monday, November 16, 2009
Badhbair: Constable promoted as Hawaldar PESHAWAR: Commandant Frontier Constabulary (CFC) Zafarullah Khan has promoted constable Umar Rehman to the rank of Hawaldar – who bravely opened fire on the suicide bomber in Badhbair.
Talking to Geo News in Peshawar Monday, Command FC said constable Umar opened fire on the explosive-laden vehicle that caused blast.
‘Had the vehicle entered in the city, it could cause greater damage.’
FC men are also playing their role in the war on terror, Zafarullah, added.
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Car suicide attack kills four, injures 26 in Badhaber
PESHAWAR: A suicide bomber on Monday blew up a car packed with explosives near Peshawar, killing four people in the latest attack on the city.
The bomber struck in a suburban road as children were going to school in Badhaber, devastating a mosque, destroying two rooms at a boys college and bringing down one wall of a police station, witnesses said.
It was the fifth suicide attack in eight days to hit the sprawling city of 2.5 million people, where US officials say al-Qaeda are plotting attacks on the West.
The death toll is four and there are 26 injured, doctor Zafar Iqbal at the Lady Reading hospital told AFP. One child was among the dead with four wounded.
Witnesses said that a pick-up vehicle sped towards the police station and exploded nearby, leaving much of the building in ruins as ambulances raced through the streets in the densely populated suburb of Badhaber.
Teacher Mohammad Shahid said he just dropped off his children at school when he heard a deafening blast, which left a five feet deep and nine feet wide crater (one metre by two metres) in the ground.
I looked back and saw parts of a vehicle flung in the air and then the body of my neighbour fell on the ground near me. It was a horrible sight, he said.
Javed Khan, who drives a horse cart, said the car sped towards him forcing him to leap out of its path, before the explosion hit.
I fell on the ground, shrapnel hit my forehead. I saw debris all around and people crying for help, Khan said.
Senior police official Khursheed Khan confirmed it was a suicide attack.
PESHAWAR: A suicide bomber on Monday blew up a car packed with explosives near Peshawar, killing four people in the latest attack on the city.
The bomber struck in a suburban road as children were going to school in Badhaber, devastating a mosque, destroying two rooms at a boys college and bringing down one wall of a police station, witnesses said.
It was the fifth suicide attack in eight days to hit the sprawling city of 2.5 million people, where US officials say al-Qaeda are plotting attacks on the West.
The death toll is four and there are 26 injured, doctor Zafar Iqbal at the Lady Reading hospital told AFP. One child was among the dead with four wounded.
Witnesses said that a pick-up vehicle sped towards the police station and exploded nearby, leaving much of the building in ruins as ambulances raced through the streets in the densely populated suburb of Badhaber.
Teacher Mohammad Shahid said he just dropped off his children at school when he heard a deafening blast, which left a five feet deep and nine feet wide crater (one metre by two metres) in the ground.
I looked back and saw parts of a vehicle flung in the air and then the body of my neighbour fell on the ground near me. It was a horrible sight, he said.
Javed Khan, who drives a horse cart, said the car sped towards him forcing him to leap out of its path, before the explosion hit.
I fell on the ground, shrapnel hit my forehead. I saw debris all around and people crying for help, Khan said.
Senior police official Khursheed Khan confirmed it was a suicide attack.
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