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| Suicide blasts kill five in Peshawar, Rawalpindi |
| 2009-12-25 |
| Four people were killed and 24 others injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up near a security post in NWFP's provincial capital on Thursday, according to police and hospital staff, as another suicide attack killed a six-year-old girl in Rawalpindi. Peshawar SSP (Coordination) Muhammad Alam Shinwari told Daily Times that four people -- one policeman and three civilians -- were killed and 24 injured in the attack, which was carried out using a suicide jacket packed with eight kilogrammes of explosives. The bomber struck at the junction of Mall Road and Arbab Road in front of an insurance company's office, where a police and army post had been set up to inspect vehicles. A policeman told Daily Times the bomber was on foot and detonated explosives strapped to his body when policemen stopped him at the post. NWFP Information Minister Iftikhar Hussain said the bomber was headed to a crowded area. The president, the prime minister and the US have condemned the attack. In Rawalpindi, six-year-old Arooj was killed and two people -- including a head constable -- were injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up outside an imambargah on Kurri Road. The bomber blew himself up when Head Constable Ittefaq intercepted him at a picket set up for the security of the imambargah, where a congregation was being held. |
| Posted by:Fred |