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| Blasts in Peshawar; explosives recovered during raid |
| 2013-07-18 |
| [Dawn] An kaboom took place in a bus in Paharipura area of Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. near the Motorway exchange on Wednesday. The blast occurred inside an inter-city bus travelling between Abbottabad ... A pleasant city located only 30 convenient miles from Islamabad. The city is noted for its nice weather and good schools. It is the site of Pakistain's military academy, which was within comfortable walking distance of the residence of the late Osama bin Laden.... and Peshawar. The driver of the privately-owned bus service noticed a suspicious attachment on the back of the bus, prompting him to alarm the passengers. The Bomb Disposal Squad was sought but the explosives went off before the BDS could arrive. The kaboom was magentically planted in the air-conditioner compartment of the bus, police officials confirmed. The police sources added that there was no loss of life in the blast. Another blast had occured earlier outside a house near Scheme chowk on Peshawar's Kohat road. Police sources told Dawn.com that a home-made bomb was used in the blast and that there no human casualties in the incident. A portion of the boundary wall of the house was damaged as a result of the kaboom. In another unrelated incident, police recovered a huge quantity of explosives and related material and also jugged Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit! one suspected terrorist during a raid conducted in Federal H colony of Peshawar's Hassan Gari area. Police sources told Dawn.com that four boom jackets, 50 hand grenades, 20 prima-cords, 20 receivers and 90 detonators were recovered during the raid. One suspected forces of Evil was also taken into custody while two of his associates managed to escape. A search was underway to apprehend the remaining suspects. |
| Posted by:Fred |