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| Bomb 1/4-Mile From Musharraf's HQ Kills 7 |
| 2007-10-30 |
| RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) -- A suicide attacker set off a bomb at a checkpoint a quarter-mile from the military headquarters where President Gen. Pervez Musharraf was staying Tuesday, killing seven people, police said. The man walked up to the checkpoint in the city of Rawalpindi a quarter-mile from Army House. Musharraf was safely inside at the time, his spokesman Rashid Qureshi said. Police said three of their officers and four civilians were killed along with the lone assailant. Fourteen policemen and four civilians were wounded, he said. "When police officers asked him to halt, the attacker got panicked. And as the police tried to capture him, he blew himself up," city police chief Saud Aziz told The Associated Press. "Our officers died to protect the citizens of Pakistan." The attack left the area around the checkpoint, which guards a road leading to Army House and the residences of several top generals, strewn with flesh and torn clothing. An Associated Press photographer saw emergency workers remove the body of an elderly man killed as he was riding by on a bicycle. Police said women and children aboard a passing minibus were also among the dead and wounded. Television footage showed schoolbags abandoned on the seats of the vehicle, whose windows were blown out. Investigators cordoned off the area to retrieve evidence. A policeman climbed an overhanging tree to dislodge part of the bomber's severed head. ewwwwww Fortified army posts at the checkpoint and the nearby gate to the residence of Gen. Tariq Majid, the army's No. 3 commander, were scarred with shrapnel and spattered with blood. |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #1 "Investigators cordoned off the area to retrieve evidence.A policeman climbed an overhanging tree to dislodge part of the bomber's severed head." Who said it is hard to get a head in pakistan? |
| Posted by: darrylq 2007-10-30 23:49 |