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| Three soldiers killed in AJK training school blast |
| 2010-01-07 |
| [The News (Pak) Top Stories] Three security personnel embraced martyrdom and 11 others sustained injuries in an explosion at an Army training school in Tararkheil town of Sudhanoti (Palandri) district in AJK on Wednesday, police said. ìThe Army men who embraced Shahadat in the blast were identified as Naik Shabaan, Asif and Imran Haider,î duty officer of the Tararkheil police station told this correspondent by phone.ìIt could not immediately be ascertained whether it was a suicide attack or a bomb explosion,î the police officer said. Some news agencies later, however, reported that the explosion was caused by a suicide bomber. The police officer said the explosion occurred at 06:55 am. He said the rescue operation was immediately started and the injured were shifted to the Combined Military Hospital and other hospitals in Rawalakot. After the blast, security forces cordoned off the area and senior civil and military officials reached the scene to assess the situation. Funeral prayers of the martyred soldiers were offered in the afternoon which was attended, among others, by AJK President Raja Zulqarnain Khan and Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider. APP adds from Islamabad: President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, AJK President Raja Zulqarnain Khan and Minister for Defence Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar condemned the suicide attack. In their separate statements, they said such acts of cowardice would not deter the resolve of the government to root out terrorism. They prayed to Almighty Allah to rest the departed souls in eternal peace and grant courage to the bereaved families to bear the loss with equanimity. Meanwhile, US Ambassador Anne W Patterson also condemned the attack. "We send our sincere condolences to the families, friends, and loved ones of those who lost their lives," the ambassador said in a statement. |
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