Yet Another Suicide Attack In Peshawar..!!
According to officials of the Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar at least 50 people were killed and about 148 injured yesterday in a suicide bomb attack in Peshawar, Pakistan’s northern frontier city on the Afghan border.
Yesterday’s attack involved a lone suicide bomber who drove a minivan into a busy shopping area in Peshawar’s main Khyber bazaar, just 1 km from the provincial legislature of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP).
The blast occurred at 12:15pm after a white car rammed into a public transport bus, Cantt Superintendent of Police Nisar Marwat told reporters. He said the car was packed with 100 kilogrammes of explosives. Bomb Disposal Squad chief Shafqat Malik confirmed that a suicide attacker was responsible, adding the device was planted in the door panels of the vehicle and included machinegun ammunition, designed to inflict maximum casualties.
President Asif Ali Zardari, NWFP Chief Minister Ameer Haider Khan Hoti, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, US Ambassador to Pakistan Anne W Patterson and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon condemned the blast and offered their condolences to the families of the deceased.
The chief minister also announced Rs 300,000 for the family of each deceased and Rs 100,000 for each critically injured person.
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Its really sad news
Yes Indeed It Is Really Sad