Two suicide bombers blew themselves up outside Pakistan's main defence industry complex on Thursday as workers were leaving at the end of their shift, killing nearly 50 people, police said. Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility.| But the Paks won't send the regular troops after them, nope, can't be done, sorry ... |
"There were bodies lying everywhere and wounded people soaked in blood were screaming for help," said Shah, the manager of a petrol station near the industrial complex in Wah, 30 km (20 miles) northwest of Islamabad. "Many of the wounded were either without legs or hands. I could see body parts hanging on trees," he said.
A Pakistani Taliban spokesman said the blasts were retaliation for military operations against militants in the northwestern region of Bajaur, on the Afghan border. "If it doesn't stop we will continue such attacks," Taliban spokesman Maulvi Omar said by telephone.
Police said nearly 50 people were killed and about 70 wounded in the blasts near the heavily guarded complex, the hub of Pakistan's defence industry where about 25,000 workers produce explosives, ordnance and weapons in about 15 factories. Hundreds of workers were milling about outside the complex at the end of their shift when the bombers struck.
25,000 workers cranking out explosives, ordnance and weapons, and they can't keep up with the demand. That's kinda Pakistain in a nutshell.
One of the bombers blew himself up outside the complex's main gate while the second detonated his explosives at almost the same time near another gate, said police officer Sardar Shahbaz. Soldiers cordoned off the area and kept reporters back as ambulances arrived to take away casualties, a witness said.