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Explosion in Peshawar; five killed

As i am typing this the attack scene is under my office.

as the attack happend i ran to window and saw the dead bodies.

it was a suicide attack. The attack was on FC comandant

Why is every attack around you or your office.....stay somewhere safe !!! ..
 
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A suicide bomber on Friday targeted a senior police commander in the northwestern city of Peshawar, killing at least six people and wounding 11 others, officials said.

A security official said Abdul Majeed Marwat, commander of the paramilitary Frontier Constabulary for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, survived the attack and was taken to a military hospital with "only scratches".
"It was a suicide attack, the target was the FC commander," police official Arshad Khan told AFP.
Witnesses said the suicide bomber was on foot and blew himself up when the convoy of the police chief stopped at a military checkpost in the busy cantonment area of Peshawar.
"We have received six dead bodies, including two women. Eleven people were also injured," Sayed Jameel Shah, a spokesman for Peshawar's main Lady Reading Hospital, told AFP.
Shah said the injured included four paramilitary personnel. An AFP reporter saw a pair of legs, presumed to be that of the bomber, at the site.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility but police, soldiers and paramilitary units are frequently targeted by domestic Taliban, who have been fighting an insurgency since July 2007.
Violence has been on the rise in the northwest as Pakistan prepares to hold historic elections on May 11. The vote will mark the first democratic transition of power in Pakistan, which has been governed by four military rulers.
There are fears that rampant insecurity could prove a major challenge for the elections, not least in Peshawar, a key electoral battleground and home to 2.5 million on the edge of the tribal belt, a Taliban and Al-Qaeda stronghold.
The relatively nearby Tirah Valley has offered Tehreek-e-Taliban a new base in the tribal district of Khyber, beyond the reach of ground troops and posing a heightened threat to Peshawar.
On Tuesday a girls' school teacher was shot dead in Khyber and last Saturday a suicide attack killed 17 soldiers in North Waziristan, the most notorious of the seven districts that make up the semi-autonomous tribal belt.
On March 21, a car bomb killed 15 people at Jalozai, the country's largest refugee camp, as scores of people queued for rations, just outside Peshawar.
Pakistan says more than 35,000 people have been killed as a result of terrorism in the country since the 9/11 attacks on the United States.

Suicide bomber kills six in Peshawar: officials
 
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@Spring Onion I can't imagine what you felt and feeling right now. Take care yaar. Go back to home. And be strong.

dint panic at all as unfortunatly we are desensitised

im just feeling sad for the innocent people who were killed specially a rikshawa wala who's body plunged from his vehicle.
and feeling disgusting hate for the scum

Am strong cant go home have to carry on my responsibilities. and also dint inform my family back home since mom will panic.
 
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I honestly don't know , but was the arrival of the FC commander announced or well known ?, glad he is safe ....
 
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Why is every attack around you or your office.....stay somewhere safe !!! ..

Not around me but the area is sensitive one . the road leads to Corp headquarters, governor house, US consulate, High court, Provincial assembly.

and so on.

I honestly don't know , but was the arrival of the FC commander announced or well known ?, glad he is safe ....

the FC commander passes on from this road every day at a certain time and everyone knows because th FC people conduct a tango when he is coming.

i mean the road is blocked and all traffic just stops unless his vehilce passes the road.
 
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@Spring Onion You are indeed a strong person. May the dead rest in peace.
 
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I honestly don't know , but was the arrival of the FC commander announced or well known ?, glad he is safe ....

The movements of these VIPs is known by the people of the area, same route everyday, besides alot of security mwovement is seen before their arrival.

Yeh to kuch nhn, when the COAS arrives, the whole place seems like a quarantine zone, organized frenzy ensues, people running here and there...soldiers everywhere, climbed upon trees to dug in inside rain drains!
 
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Explosion in Peshawar; six killed
PESHAWAR: Six people were killed and 14 were injured in a blast targeting a convoy of the Frontier Constabulary in northwestern Pakistan’s Peshawar town, security sources told Dawn.com.

The blast hit a vehicle of the Frontier Constabulary and commandant Abdul Majeed Marwat was the target. Marwat, however, managed to escape the attack which took place at a military check post.


Assistant Commissioner Peshawar Habibullah Arif confirmed the death toll.

Moreover, SP Cantonment Mohammad Faisal said the dead include two women, adding that explosion was the work of a suicide bomber who came on a motorbike. Eight to 10 kilograms of explosive was used in the blast, he said.

Officials at Peshawar’s Lady Reading Hospital said one woman and four men were killed in the attack. Moreover, four among the injured were personnel of the Frontier Constabulary.


The explosion took place on the Fakhr-i-Alam Road located in the city’s high-security zone. The Fakhr-i-Alam Road connects Peshawar’s Mall Road and Cantonment Road.

The blast took place in a high-security zone with the US Consulate only 500 yards away from the site of the explosion and the corps headquarter half a kilometre away from it.



Explosion in Peshawar; six killed | Pakistan | DAWN.COM
 
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10 killed, 14 injured in Peshawar blast.
By Web Desk / AFP Published: March 29, 2013

An SUV damaged in the blast is towed away. PHOTO: MOHAMMAD IQBAL/EXPRESS

PESHAWAR: Ten people were killed and 28 sustained injuries in a blast targeting FC commander in the Saddar area of Peshawar, Express News reported on Friday.
Police said it was a suicide attack, aimed at an FC convoy. The Bomb Disposal Squad is collecting evidence from the site.
Rescue teams reached the area soon after the incident.
According to initial details, the blast took place in a parking lot, near a security check post and around 10 to 12 kilogramme of explosive material was used in the attack.
Few of the injured were shifted to the Lady Reading Hospital. Two of them are reportedly in critical condition. Emergency was declared in the hospital and more staff was called in.
Security forces have cordoned off the blast site and more security personnel have been deployed in the area.
This is a developing story and will be updated accordingly.

Source:Express Tribune.
 
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Among the dead were two soldiers and one member of the FC, while the wounded were a mixture of civilians and military personnel, officials said.

Source: Global Post.
3 SF personel are among the dead.
 
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10 killed, 14 injured in Peshawar blast.
By Web Desk / AFP Published: March 29, 2013

An SUV damaged in the blast is towed away. PHOTO: MOHAMMAD IQBAL/EXPRESS

PESHAWAR: Ten people were killed and 28 sustained injuries in a blast targeting FC commander in the Saddar area of Peshawar, Express News reported on Friday.
Police said it was a suicide attack, aimed at an FC convoy. The Bomb Disposal Squad is collecting evidence from the site.
Rescue teams reached the area soon after the incident.
According to initial details, the blast took place in a parking lot, near a security check post and around 10 to 12 kilogramme of explosive material was used in the attack.
Few of the injured were shifted to the Lady Reading Hospital. Two of them are reportedly in critical condition. Emergency was declared in the hospital and more staff was called in.
Security forces have cordoned off the blast site and more security personnel have been deployed in the area.
This is a developing story and will be updated accordingly.

Source:Express Tribune.

Highly exegerated numbers by ET
 
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Thanks. am fine but seems one day will be among dead.

disgusting to see minced middle part of the suicide bomber and the innocent people's dead bodies

the peshawaris need to go out in the streets and be vocal about this issue instead of sitting like scared people, this is genocide on massive scale, if shias can protest yu can to

there is no need for such a silence, if youthink you would among them one day too

learn from quetta and karachi
 
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Highly exegerated numbers by ET

Even GlobalPost and Khaleej Times of UAE is saying the same thing:
"We have received six dead bodies, including two women. Eleven people were also injured," Sayed Jameel Shah, a spokesman for Peshawar's main Lady Reading Hospital, told AFP.

Another four bodies and 17 other wounded were taken to the Combined Military Hospital, a senior security official told AFP.

Among the dead were two soldiers and one member of the FC, while the wounded were a mixture of civilians and military personnel, officials said.

The blast damaged two motorcycles and four cars, including Marwat's vehicle. Splashes of blood lay on the ground and an AFP reporter saw a pair of legs, presumed to be that of the bomber.
 
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Even GlobalPost and Khaleej Times of UAE is saying the same thing:

what the fk global post and KT knows. they are gathering information from here and there (sites).

i saw 5 dead bodies. 10 is highly hyped one.

the peshawaris need to go out in the streets and be vocal about this issue instead of sitting like scared people, this is genocide on massive scale, if shias can protest yu can to

there is no need for such a silence, if youthink you would among them one day too

learn from quetta and karachi

protest ? against whom? how it is going to stop suicide bombers?


its not some secterian conflict where we will play cards and win some attention.

this how unfortunate we are NO one conside our deaths as something alarming
 
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