Bomber strikes Pakistan hospital

[Ahmad]

A suicide bomber has blown up a trailer packed with explosives outside a hospital in northwest Pakistan, killing at least 15 people and wounding several dozen, police said.

The bombing on Friday partially damaged a Shia hospital that was under construction in the Pass Kili area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province's Hangu district.

"It was a tractor with a trailer a carrying 250 kilograms of explosives hidden underneath materials for construction work at the hospital," Fazal Naeem, Hangu police spokesman, told AFP news agency.

The bomber detonated the explosives at the gate of the hospital, punching a large crater in the ground and partially damaging a nearby mosque run by the same private Shia Muslim trust that operates the hospital, local officials said.

It was the fourth such attack in Pakistan since Monday.

The attack comes just a day after the start of the holy month of Muharram, which is especially important for Shias.

The attack came just two days after a teenage suicide bomber killed 17 people at a busy market in the garrison town of Kohat, which neighbours Hangu.

 

[SpArK]

15 killed in suicide attack on Pakistani hospital​

A suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden pick-up truck into a hospital being built by the minority Shia community at Hangu in northwest Pakistan today, killing 15 people and injuring 10 others.

The Hazara Hospital in Hangu Chowk collapsed following the blast and several persons were buried under the rubble, witnesses said.

Rescue workers and local residents pulled bodies and the injured out of debris.

Fifteen people were killed and 10 others injured in the attack, officials said. Several nearby buildings were damaged by the powerful blast.

Rescue efforts were hampered by the lack of heavy machinery and a power outage caused by the explosion.

Kohat commissioner Khalid Khan said the bomber had targeted the hospital.

Hangu is located near Kohat, where a suicide bomber struck a crowded bus terminal on Wednesday, killing 19 people and injuring over 30 others.

Sources said the minority Shia community was also the target of Wednesday’s attack.

No group claimed responsibility for the attack.

Hangu district has been declared "very sensitive" by intelligence agencies for the Islamic holy month of Muharram, which began on Wednesday.

Authorities have put in place strict security arrangements across Pakistan as sectarian and militant violence has occurred during the month in past years.

Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani condemned today's attack in Hangu, describing it as a "brutal and inhuman act of militants".

He reiterated his government's resolve to fight the menace of terrorism and militancy till its eradication.

15 killed in suicide attack on Pakistani hospital - World - DNA

 

[ares]

Suicide car bomber rams hospital in Hangu, Pakistan

BBC News - Suicide car bomber rams hospital in Hangu, Pakistan

A suicide bomber has rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into a hospital, killing 11 people in north-west Pakistan, say police.

Another 16 people were injured by the blast at the Shia Muslim-run facility in Hangu district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, according to police.

The explosion follows the start of the Islamic holy month of Muharram, which is especially important for Shias.

Meanwhile, a US drone plane killed four people in the neighbouring tribal belt.

Investigators suspect Friday's suicide bombing on the outskirts of Hangu was a sectarian attack. Sunni militant groups often target Shias during Muharram.

"A car rammed into the hospital while people were praying in a hall and we have reports of at least 11 killed," the news agency Reuters quoted Hangu police chief Abdul Rashid as saying.

A tractor and trailer carrying 250kg (550lb) of explosives were used for the attack, Hangu police spokesman Fazal Naeem told news agency AFP.

It was the fourth major suicide attack this week in Pakistan.

On Monday, two bombers killed more than 40 people as they attacked anti-Taliban militia talks in Mohmand, in the north-western tribal belt.

On Tuesday, a suicide attacker failed in an attempt to assassinate the chief minister of Pakistan's south-western province of Balochistan.

On Wednesday, a bomber blew himself up near a minibus in the town of Kohat, not far from Hangu, killing at least 16 people.

Friday's air strike on a vehicle and house in Khadar Khel, North Waziristan, killed four militants, according to Pakistani officials.

The report is difficult to verify because the region, which lies on the Afghan border, is one of the most dangerous in the world.

It would be the second drone strike in the region this week. The frequency of such attacks has increased under the administration of US President Barack Obama

 

[humanfirst]

What exactly is taliban's problem with shias?Are they in fight with shia militants or something?

 

[PakiiZeeshan]

This is disgusting

 

[Mirza Jatt]

RIP to the dead.

 

[ares]

17 killed in Hangu car bomb attack.
17 killed in Hangu car bomb attack - GEO.tv

 

[ajtr]

What exactly is taliban's problem with shias?Are they in fight with shia militants or something?

Taliban follow strict form of wahabi islam they think shia are less pure muslim (not getting correct word may be munafiq or qayadins.correct me if im wrong)then them hence these sectarian attacks on shias in northwest.we saw their systematic cleansing in parachinar,tirah valley etc.

 

[jha]

not getting correct word may be munafiq or qayadins.correct me if im wrong

Qadiyani is a term used to describe AHMADI Muslims

 

[Kinetic]

RIP to the dead.

 

[Bhim]

What again??/
I heard it was in Hospital and Shia were praying..
What is strange is that hardly any reaction from Pakistani member.?

RIP to dead.

 

[Hulk]

I still cannot understand this, even if it is assumed that they do not like Shia. That does not mean go and kill them. I cannot digest, how you can motivate people to kill innocent, there has to be strong reason. This is petty reason.

 

[Bill Longley]

What exactly is taliban's problem with shias?Are they in fight with shia militants or something?

there are two types of Taliban

and the problem is based on their nature

1. Madrassa taught taliban , who are over flowing with hate and frusturation due to their failed and miserable lives. they want to take revenge for their sufferings and Mullah belonging to second class exploit their frusteration and use them for his or his masters goals


2. those who earn by exposing their hate from some muslim ******** countries who are champion of so called Sunni Cause

as for a common sunni, they have no hate for shia. Infact before American jehad in Afghanistan both shia and sunni used to live with harmoney respecting eachothers beliefs.

west used and instigated extremism to defeat Soviat union and then to Safe gaurd its intrests against iran

 

[seekers]

What exactly is taliban's problem with shias?Are they in fight with shia militants or something?

Shias are followers of IMAM HUSSAIN(A.S) and talibans are followers of yazid lanatullah. This problem had started by forefather of taliban in Karbala 1400 years ago.

 

[American Pakistani]

Death to mf terrorists. Cant some one stop these bit**es.